Today will be a bit different. I'm going to talk about myself today. I'm giving you the rundown on who I really am. Yes, I am trying to be like Jesus, insofar as any of us can be truly like Him in this world. But, I know I never quite make it.
Maybe it's kind of like my best friend, my husband Jerry, and me. When Jerry gets chilled, he sneezes. When I sneeze, then I get a chill. We laugh about how different we are. I suppose we complement each other, but when we were younger we could disagree to the point of being disagreeable!
But, oh, how I wanted and still want to be like Jesus. It's quite different to choose to be like Jesus than it would be to choose to be like a spouse or even a friend. Jerry and I are both flesh, blood, and often wrongly act. We're really always human; Jesus is truly, always holy.
The Chinese speak of ying and yang. I know nothing of that, but they both have a place in the world; they both give what is needed to the world. But, Jesus already truly has the answers to getting along by loving one another, and now has the Most Holy Place with His Father, yet He's ever present with us to show us His way. His Way is the Way. And all I can do is choose it, and laugh about any mistakes I might make while traveling it. I will stay on the Way, with the help of Christ Jesus, until I am with Him in paradise.
Lord, Sometimes I feel like I am radically different from others and that I don't belong. Help me to remember to whom I have entrusted my life. I belong to you and trust You to find me OK, just as I am. Amen.
Hope you are all with me on this one, readers!
Jo INMN
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