His big debut was not raising a corpse or the healing of a disease, it wasn't the exorcism of demons or even feeding a hungry crowd, the miracle that Jesus chose to kick off His three years of ministry was turning six, 20-30 gallon barrels of water into the most delicious wine ever tasted.
The first miracle that Christ ever performed was not restoring a deformed limb but restoring a family's reputation. It was not a life-threatening situation, it was an inconvenience. This is the only time on record that the Remedy remedied a mere embarrassing circumstance. Shouldn't He have been performing a miracle for someone who really needed it?
Well, He was and He did. I needed this miracle, the world needed this miracle. It is a simple message for the human race, "I care about every aspect of your life. Big or small." He weeps for the diseases that wreak havoc on our lives, He wraps His arms around us when we lose someone close to us, He holds our heart when it is breaking, but the most ridiculous thing is that He also sees and cares about the minute details of our everyday life. He doesn't just show up in a crisis. He cares about disasters and death, but He also cares about pimples and botched parties. Rumors, lost keys, stage fright, flat tires and high electric bills are neither beneath His attention nor His reach.
No matter what Jesus' first miracle had been His outrageous love would be the same, but I love the beautiful way in which He chose to show it.
Oh, by the way, it was wine not grape juice.
