Day 14

14/365

This morning when I got into work there was a bug that looked like it was on its’ last leg. It was struggling to turn itself over after it had ended up on its back somehow. You could tell it wasn’t giving up. I walked over to the door and watched it. A few minutes later I looked over and the bug was still struggling. This went on for a good 3 hours! From 8 until its final demise around 11:45, this little bug was kicking to stay alive.

It was the strangest thing. What compels such a small animal to struggle to stay alive? Why would such a little, insignificant thing find it worthwhile to hold on???

But doesn’t God care for even “the least of these”? If he knows the number of strands on my head, and the sparrow that falls to the ground, then the tiniest of insects does not go unnoticed. It must be that even the smallest ounce of life is aware of a divine spark inside of it that makes it desire to live. Its life is a testimony to its Creator. Why should it just keel over hopelessly because life threw it on its back? It wasn’t made that way!

In no small way, I’m also no small being. I’ve been created with the breath of God. My life has been called for a purpose, and I have Christ in me through the Holy Spirit. Why should I live like I’m defeated? I have hope in Jesus and that gives me life that goes beyond this mortal body. And I’m called to be unashamed of that.

So I took a picture. Just when a couple guys walked by. And the fire chief called me out on it the next day. Now my office knows…I’m not ashamed of many things. =0)

He is Risen!

 ”What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?” – Matthew 8:27

For Christians, today is the best day of the world really.

This morning I woke up to hear the bells pealing, and the birds singing. My dad was playing Easter hymns at full blast. It was beautiful. The Christ-child that was born has gone through a lifetime of living on this earth the way everyone has experienced it. He’s dealt with family life with siblings and all. He’s grown up knowing the difference between the haves and the have-nots. He’s been acquainted with disappointment, health, death, and sadness. He’s had some cuts and bruises along the way – experienced the pain of hunger. He knows what it is to live in a fallen world.  He’s seen the ups and downs of having friends who are on some days, and off the next. He’s had everyone leave Him when He’s needed it most. This guy seems a lot like me. Except…He was God. 

Christ – the Emmanuel that the angels sang to in a manger so long ago – has taken on the world without giving in to its temptations and sins. Today we celebrate the fact that Jesus conquered death for life. 

Jesus doesn’t walk among us anymore, but reigns over us. He stays with us because He walked the same road. For others the story is pretty interesting, but without faith that Christ was also God in flesh, the truth is missed completely.

What kind of God would come down to earth and live here?

What kind of God would be so bold as to die here and let it go down in history?

What kind of followers would tell the whole world the story so others could believe the same?

It’s crazy but this Christ whom Christians deify is truly an amazing God. Happy Easter, and God bless you! Christ is risen!