Jn 21 (cont.)
Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No."
He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish. - (4-6)
"Have you found what you are looking for? Look here and you will find it!"
Assuming, of course, that we are looking for something good. We often don't. We ask God for things that are not good for us, and we get upset when he doesn't provide them.
But we also seek things that are good in the wrong place, or in a way that destroys their goodness. I can't help but think about those who are rioting in Baltimore tonight in the name of "justice." What was done to Freddy Gray was a terrible wrong, and those who did it should be held accountable. But what the looters and rioters are doing is not justified. The wheels of justice grind slowly; i
t took two years for a conviction on the Boston Marathon bombing. Rage, however, especially in response to powerlessness, is impatient. 
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