...so tonight my church small group met at my new apartment. I spent the whole day getting ready for them to come. I made a banana pudding and cookies, chopped fruit, put chips into bowls, and even used my pottery barn condiment tray for the first time. Everything was great.
The topic of discussion was supposed to be about the physical and emotional attributes of Jesus. But the conversation kept changing and we spent a lot of time talking about the old testament and the lineage of Jesus. It's amazing how much a person can remember from all of that time spent in vacation bible school...
Turns out that Jesus may not have been very goodlooking...just average [Isaiah 53: 2-3]. And most of his ancestors had a little "Peyton Place" in their lives...murder, theft, adultery, prostitution...you name it, they either did it or could find someone to do it for them [see the old testament].
Seems to me that God could have sent Jesus to be handsome, rich, and powerful...instead he was average looking, poor, and charismatic...Jesus had to be HUMAN to be human. And his family was no better than anyone else's. If he had come today, he could have lived my life...but that's the whole point. I can live my life because Jesus lived his. He knows me better than I know myself...and he loves me anyway [John 15:13-17].
