Rocks

Hey..

I was just looking at the rocks in my parents landscaping today.  I know maybe odd and random, but I was picking out some of the cool looking smooth ones.  I was thinking while I was doing it, "Why am I looking for the good looking ones to take rather than the ugly, deformed ones?"  

Why do we do that?  Why did I do that?  

How come when we look for something that we want the most, we try to find the best looking, the best performing, etc.?  

I know why.  Because we can't see the potential the ugly, deformed, devastated, unloved, poor and weak ones have.  You know what, it isn't that we can't see the potential, it's that we are unable with eyes of this world.  

Cool thing is this, Jesus, Christ, God chose/chooses those of us who are ugly, deformed, devastated, unloved, poor and weak.  Why would anyone in this world want to do such a thing?(Well at least that is what the world has to say)

Christ came here, to humanity and lived.  However, he did not live the way life had been lived. Christ chose to live with the unlikely followers of a King.  Jesus was proclaiming a new kingdom throughout his ministry.  If you are going to do such a thing in a society where the Roman kingdom was the only kingdom, you needed to have the most powerful and amazing people on your side.  Christ did not necessarily.  Look at his disciples.  Ordinary men, some with a little bit of status in the society, but nothing to promote a kingdom.  

Jesus came and proclaimed a new way of life.  An upside down way of living.  Life is not about you having your best life now.  Life is not about receiving and receiving until you feel "full".  

Matthew 25:35-40, 42-45

"'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'  Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?  When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?  When did we see you sick or in prison and go visit you?'  The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'  ...  For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'  They also will answer, 'Lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or need clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'  He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'"

God bless.  Do well.