Come with me to a party. The party is a wedding celebration. Hard as it is for you to believe, these celebrations lasted four days with some heavy drinking involved. At the party I want you to overhear a conversation that is going on. The conversation is between Jesus and his mother. Mary points to the fact that there is no wine. In many marriages I know, the husband is supposed to know what to do if the wife calls attention to something. "Honey, my car is on empty." Translated, that means, "It is time for you to drive the car down to the corner and fill it up." It is indirect but effective communication. When Mary said, "There is no wine," Jesus was to translate that into: "Do something."

Now Jesus does something that truly irritates some people. He answers a question she did not ask. Je…