Helicopter Moms

So there is this scene in the bible, where Jesus and his Mom, Mary, come to a wedding.  Disaster strikes.  They run out of wine.  Not a few people are drunk.  Let them all go home and get the suffering hangover, right? NO.  It was a terrible loss of face for the newly married couple.  Mary has compassion for their plight, but has to make a decision.  On the one hand, she knows her son has great gifts and talents.  Up to now he has been safe in his carpentry shop and sitting in the desert at night in prayer, or going off with some desert prayer group.  Political and religious authority don't concern themselves about him.  Mary's son is safe.  Child safety is upper most in the mind of helicopter moms.  Protect them from bad people, bad schools, bad health.  Don't let them out of your sight without knowing what they are doing and where they are.  If Jesus acts, safety is out the window.  He will become a public figure with lots of controversy about him.  Mary chooses to let him go.  And he will go.  At first, he holds back.  Time not right.  Mom does not let him hang back.  "Do what he says," she tells the servants.  From that moment on, Mary will suffer.  So will all moms when they finally let go.  Moms really do make difference.  Mary did.