Well it is the end of another good day at the City of Children. The house we were assigned to insulate and drywall was compleated ahead of schedule because of the desire of some of our men wanting to do more. That left us with what to do for today. Pilar, the director of Baja Missions in Mexico showed us a home that already had half of it compleated and so Jim Craig, from Winchester Church of Christ donated the cost of materials to complete the other half. This gave our Wednesday crew another opportunity to share the love of Christ with others.
Without Jesus and the impact He makes on our lives we would be left to fend for ourselves. Some, like the guy in the picture may think things would be better without Jesus. When I first saw this picture I was angry and did not think kind thoughts about him. But now I'm mostly sad. Jesus died on the cross while the rulers sneered and the soldiers mocked. He died not only for those in the first century but he died for all of us and the neat thing is that he died for this man too.
What do you think? Was this man worth dying for... and if not, are we?
Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."[
Luke 23:34 (NIV)
Roger, over and out!
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Rogbro-
From our human perspective, it's quite easy to place a value on who and who isn't worthy of our time, our attention, our money, our love, and even Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. Romans 5:7 (from the Message): "We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice."
God has a much different perspective. Romans 5:8 goes on to say "But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him." To me that says no one, whether you tote some anti-Jesus sign or consider yourself a life-long Christian, is ever worthy of what Jesus did for us. I'm sure thankful he did it anyway.
"God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe" (1 Cor 1:21)
God REALLY has a different view on things, and we struggle to have His persepctive. The world (the guy in the pic) thinks it has wisdom... but then WE sometimes puff up and think we are wise. Paul continues with "God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong" (1:27).
Being weak and foolish isn't such a bad thing. Aren't we all "lucky."
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