It has been a while since I’ve written
anything for this blog. Between the busy
atmosphere around Christmas, cold and flu season, and a trip with the youth
group to Mexico, I haven’t had much extra time.
However, today I was drawn to three little words from our scripture
reading from the Gospel of John:
Come and See
-1 John 1:46
These are the words that welcome the first
followers of Jesus. There is something
about Christ that the people needed to experience, even if they did not have
the words to verbalize exactly what was going on. I wonder if there is anything that has ever
made you so excited that you had to run to share the news…
I have been blessed with a number of
wonderful experiences in my life.
However, there are times I can feel like I have lost some of my child
like enthusiasm. Christmas will come…
then it will pass. Seasons come and
seasons go. If we are not careful, life
can begin to feel a little tired and worn out.
These are the moments we are invited to Come and See. Jesus showed
his first disciples the joy of God’s presence, and I believe we still need to
remind ourselves of this. A couple days
ago, I was in a hurry to put my two year old child to bed. However, he was in no rush. Instead, he wanted to share a special song
and dance he made up about the joy of pancakes…
I had to stop and laugh in the moment, because God was there in the
beauty of our time together. However, we
all have a choice to see either daily frustration or God’s presence every day…
Today, I pray that you might be able to
awaken a childlike curiosity inside of you.
I pray that we would also be able to share the joy we find with those
around us.
Blessings!
Brian
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