09/08/2008 Entry: "is jesus really only four foot tall?"

A few months back, a good friend and I were driving around downtown Houston, trying to find an address. Of course, like only two women can do, we got lost. Meanwhile, we drove past this church, and out by the street stood this four-foot tall, wooden carving of "Jesus". It sort of resembled a cartoon. Of course, as you can imagine, it was clothed in the typical blue and white "Jesus outfit" Yeah, you know the one I'm talking about! :) I looked at her, laughed, and said, “Man! If I wasn't a Christian and drove by this church, I would most definitely look at that “Jesus” and think, ‘wow! I really should to go to church’.” We laughed...

That brings me to a conversation I had last night. I was talking with another friend about a more serious topic. I told her there is NOTHING that can create more of rage in me like the topic of abuse! Nothing can make me feel as if I could walk up to a perfect stranger (someone who has hurt a helpless child) and punch them in the face…Nothing can move my lips to curse as unwholesome as that topic. (yes, for all of you out there who wondered if I have ever cussed before, I have. but no worries, I washed my mouth out with soap and it cured me completely :)

This morning I stumbled across a passage that really taught me something…check this out! Luke 17..."It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones"

Uh, I dunno if you got what He just said…but uh, here is Jesus, often depicted as anything but passionate or aggressive… He basically just said, life is not always perfect! You are not exempt from pain or injustice, but whoa to the man that hurts or abuses one of these “little ones”. It would be better for him that a massive boulder were tied around his neck, and he was thrown into the bottom of the ocean…uh, yeah, until he drowns to death… Sure, GOD WILL GIVE MERCY EVEN TO THE WORST OF MURDERERS (Joel 2:13), but here He is addressing the unrepentant

That’s intense!!! It may even sound too extreme to some, but stealing a child’s innocence is one of the most selfish things a human being can do. This morning I was reminded how passionate God is about the “little ones”, crushed beneath the hands of the wicked…

Just like you, I have often wondered why the helpless suffer? I will quickly admit I don’t have all the answers. Though music has given me a platform and a microphone, I am young. I am still on my own journey, but there is one thing I feel I just, this morning, really understood for the first time! Justice may not be served here, and the wicked will often go unpunished! Many abusers will breath their last breath in comfort, without regret or shame…but JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL! Did you get that? JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED!!!

I have learned, only out of my own lack of vision, that we tend to think of things very short sighted. In reality, earth is all that we have physically experienced, so it’s very easy to think of things only in terms of the here and now. Today I was reminded…there is a whole world that lies ahead of us…eternity…

Think about this…God reprimanded his people by basically telling them all their perfect Sunday attendance, big buildings, beautiful songs, and tithing was meaningless to him…WHY? Because they had forgotten about the things that He cared about most, the widows and the orphans!!! THIS IS OUR GOD! Do you really think this God will allow something like abuse to go unpunished?

Today, I feel I got a small, yet comforting piece of the puzzle…though we may not see it here, JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL… Psalms 89:14

So, be encouraged today. Remember that when you pray, you are not talking to some powerless, pansy of a God who will not fight for you! He has not forgotten! He knows your pain! He knows you’ve been angry with Him, and questioned His goodness…He knows…but He can handle that! RUN TO HIM with your questions and your pain!! Don’t run away!

JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL!

“The Lord executeth righteousness and judgement for all that are oppressed.”
Psalms 103:6

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Posted by fg @ 09/11/2008 08:59 PM CST

wow...that is deep. and SO true! keep speaking out all of you!!!

Posted by Melody <3 @ 09/09/2008 03:22 PM CST

love your thoughts :) love reading all your thoughts! thank you for sharing them!

Posted by sara delight @ 09/09/2008 12:52 PM CST

oops...i think it's psalm 69 instead of 60. silly buttons are too close together.

Posted by lindz @ 09/08/2008 06:38 PM CST

i think this is the best one yet.
and it's so true. we base everything on our knowledge of life here on earth, like what people will think about us when really, that doesn't matter. at all. and it's easy to sit here at my computer safe at home and say this but i know tomorrow at school i will be scared out of my mind thinking about what others will think of me if I say so much as Jesus' name. and it's horrible but it's true. we lose sight of how long eternity really is becuase we can't wrap our mind around it, we can't grasp that concept. at least that's how it is for me.

and the thing you said about how God doesn't care about our buildings and how many people go to our church and all that jazz is so true. we lose sight of what God's vision for us is by getting wrapped up in the serving and all of the small details and forget what the one big detail is. we lose God in the process of finding Him, if that makes any sense at all. and then we wonder why so many people claim to be Christian and really think they are but act so... not. they have been lying to themselves for so long they don't know who they are anymore or what is right and what is wrong. the motions are such a small ffragment of what we should be doing. and we shouldn't even be going through the motions. if our hearts are no longer in it, we need to stop, regardless of the criticism we may recieve from others.

so enough of my ramblings.

Posted by leanna @ 09/08/2008 06:00 PM CST

thank you for this. usually i have ten million words. but. thank you is all i can say for this one.

love you mucho.

just found this 2 nights ago---

"For the LORD hears the cries of his needy ones; he does not despise his people who are oppressed." pslam 60:33

Posted by lindz @ 09/08/2008 10:19 AM CST