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TUESDAY THOUGHT 8/4/09

August 4, 2009 on 11:42 am | By John Ingrisano | In Faith & Forgiveness | No Comments

God of Bread & Good Times?

“More bread!  More Miracles! Gimme!  Gimme!  Gimme!”  It seems to me that one of the great differences between Jesus Christ and the great gaggle of publicity-seeking politicians and self-promoters — then and now — is that He promised us tough times.

But wait, there’s more!  Besides the fact that Jesus is God (take it on faith or not) and that He actually seemed/seems to care about us plug-ugly, stiff-necked humans (sorry, but we’re not always charming), here’s the most reassuring difference:  Jesus Christ led the way.  He didn’t say, “Go ahead.”  He said, “Follow me.”  He wasn’t a general giving orders from the bunker or a politician living high on the hog while telling the people what they needed to do. Jesus led the charge, showed the way, talked the talk and walked the walk. 

My point:  We follow Jesus because of a bigger promise than good times and an easy life.  If you get it, just nod, smile and say, “uh huh.”  If not, gotta wonder, eh?  Why would anybody follow this promise of tough times and sacrifice?  Keep looking and God bless. — jri

“He then began to teach them that
the Son of Man must suffer many
things and be rejected by the elders,
chief priests and teachers of the law,
and that he must be killed and after
three days rise again.”
    –    Mark 8:31

Please keep in your prayers all those who suffer illness and emotional pain and worry, that they may see the glory of God in their suffering.  Thank you.
John Ingrisano
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