Spent part of this weekend going through the Gospell of Matthew. I am struck by the fact that Jesus is not very wired to please people. He is in this gospel a focussed on his eternal purpose as Messiah. He is also not very wired to worry about our comfort with him. Love comes to us without any compromise about the truth about God or ourselves. We have an eternal choice... to line ourselves up with God's purposes or witness ultimately the unmaking of our whole lives in the end. We mistake patience with tolerance. Paitience can give us a lifetime to repent and surrender. Popular tolerance seems to sugest that we are not ultimately accountable to God for our lives. Accountability is part of love. It gives the ultimate context of our actions meaning.