Wherever Jesus Is At
Good Saturday morning one and all. Once in a while you just want to be like Jesus and retreat into a secluded place. Take a break, rest a while, sit in silence. Have a few moments to grieve a loss. Maybe have a leisurely meal with family or friends. It didn’t happen for Jesus either. He heard of John’s death and retreated; they followed. He went to the garden to pray they followed, He visited friends, they followed. He went to the temple, they followed. He was tired and weary and sad and hungry and longed for rest, solitude. When his disciples would have sent them away, he had GREAT compassion on them and told his disciples … You feed (do something) them. They didn’t know how. So, he did. Over and over and over again, he stopped what he was doing, changed his plans, responded with compassion and kindness and took the time to heal their sick, feed their hungry, comfort them in their loss, cast out their demons, and bring peace to their chaos.
Everyone is looking for heroes these days, sports figures, rock stars, the rich and famous, political players, power seekers. Aspiring to grow up to be just like them. The probability of even one of them ever attaining those goals is miniscule at best. Their lives are always not measuring up, filled with anxiety, unhappiness, meaningless struggle.
The miracle that they miss is that the greatest person ever to walk, the biggest hero to ever show up opened his arms and life so that each of us can just stop, turn around and follow after him, just show up at his table, his house and have a personal relationship with HIM. We don’t have to BE anything but ourselves for him to love us.
I got news for all of you I am no dummy. I am headed for wherever Jesus is at. All of you are welcome to come along if you’d like to. I heard there was going to be miracles and food, and love and comfort and a friend like we have never ever thought we could have. Oh, one other thing. I heard there was this thing called everlasting life promised to each of us. I don’t know much about that, but it sounds like a really good thing.
Let’s go!
Love, Pam