Not alone

Friday June 9th, John 15: 7 But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. It is graduation day for one of my children. Soon he will be going away. His plan is to go to a small town near Hanoi to teach English. I suspect that over the next couple of years, my wife and I will grow wiser and our lessons more meaningful in his life. So it is in the kingdom. As long as Jesus was with us, the disciples could call upon him for answers. Now the Spirit leads us to come up with contextual answers on our own, looking to Christ for guidance through the world. I wonder if the disciples and scripture writers wish they had listened more? I suspect, through the Spirit, what they heard was just right. I suspect it is the Spirit leading us through the process of wrestling with the issues that we hear the Gospel the best.