March 24, 2010

I spend a lot of time wondering…what if??   What if I were a little bit smarter?   What if I worked just a little bit harder?   What if I were a little more attractive?   What if I gave more, sacrificed more, lived more humbly, cared more about the poor and those in our world without a voice, what if, what if, what if???

‘IF’ I’m honest, I usually don’t start with myself…I start with you.  What if you cared more, gave more, lived more consistently towards God’s Kingdom vision?  What if you showed up when you were supposed to, served like God serves you, and truly lived to give rather than receive?  What if my wife loved me more, peers appreciated me more, coworkers thanked me more and the rest of you carried me around on your shoulders???

Now that you are fully convinced I’m crazy…my narcissistic ponderings generally point me toward a savior that hung in the posture of grace for me – something that wakes me to reality that my ‘what if’s’ for those around me are actually the frustrations I see in the mirror, the frustrations that in some way put my Savior on his cross in the first place.  May our ponderings point us toward the cross of grace and give us courage to find out…what if we cared more, gave more, lived more humbly…