You ever been on one of those brutally awkward car rides where a few of you are piled in there,

and maybe your uncle Walter is driving.

Things are going fine.

You're all stuck in the vehicle, like there's no getting out of it, you're all going to the same

destination, you got no alternative, you're going to be together for a while, and

Uncle Walter starts going on and on about whatever and

most of the conversations fine but he's got some opinions and ideas and reads on

the world and because there's nowhere to escape to you all just have to listen to

it and then it's over. And you're like,

ha, and you try to move forward, but there's still all that stuff Uncle Walter said,

still hanging out there.

And at that point, really, whatever happens next,

whether it's changing the subject or diving deeper into it,

or arguing, they're trying to have an awkward laugh to make it go away.

There's nothing you can do.

It's all in response to whatever that big thing was that just got said.

And likewise, except for the part where it would be likening Jesus to a ridiculous uncle who says ridiculous things in cars,

almost likewise, we have this world-changing set of remarks that Jesus makes on this journey that he's on with the disciples.

They're with him.

They're in all the way.

I mean, there's nowhere else for them to go.

Who else has the words of life?

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