As CJ gets older and our interaction is more logical, I am continually amazed at the similarities between our relationships to the relationship I had with my parents. Granted I don’t remember much from when I was 3 years old, but I now realize so much of what goes on between CJ and myself mirrors things that went on between my me and my parents when I was a similar age. And while that might not be a big surprise, what has been a massive revelation is just how my relationship with CJ mirrors God’s relationship with me.
I had the opportunity to give the message in church on Sunday. I learned a number of lessons while doing that. The biggest one was that despite the fact that it may have appeared that I was the ‘main dude’ at church on Sunday (I was the only person to occupy the stage by myself), that in reality it has nothing to do with me, and everything to do with God.
One of the big criticisms of Christianity is that it is very exclusive, after all Jesus himself said “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6). I mean, how unfair is that? There are a lot of religions that teach and practise good things, so where does Jesus get off saying something like that? If that were true it would just not be fair to condemn all those other good people to eternity in Heaven.
In my Easter post
Tomorrow is Good Friday. For some people that just means it is a holiday. For me it means a whole lot more than that.
Driving to work the other day I heard a discussion on the radio. The caller was complaining that there was too much talk of karma and astrology on the radio. He basically was asking why these ‘eastern’ beliefs were being so readily invited into western culture.
The superhero inside
Posted in God, tagged commentary, God, superhero, superman, t-shirt on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I like superheroes. It might be a geek thing, or just the fact that a part of me has never really grown up, but superheroes are cool.
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