OMG! i can do that SO better than you!

Think about this:

We're not God (duh) but how often do we get frustrated when we have to wait on someone else to do something when we KNOW we could do it FASTER and BETTER ourselves?!?

True that, right?

Now, think about this...

• Jesus as a baby, unable to do anything for himself but allowing his mother to fumble her way through all the things first time Mommies fumble through.
• Or Jesus as a boy, going to school to "learn" about his ancestry and faith, when he had actually met (and created) the people his teachers were talking about!
• Or Jesus as a young man, listening to his father wax intellectual (like only Dads can do) about agriculture and carpentry, or friendship and the birds-and-the-bees, when Jesus already knew the difference between "that", as well as the difference between his dad's business and his Father's business.
• Or Jesus as the Savior, hanging on a cross as those who were taking his life were unable to see that Jesus was actually giving it, and he let them continue to think whatever they wanted in order to fulfill his love for them.

When Jesus said he came to serve, we need to remember that his service didn't start when he turned 30; Jesus began serving others - began enduring FOR others - the moment he left his rightful place in heaven to enter the broken reality of humanity.

Now about that Jesus graphic...
I ripped it off a church website. Seriously. Sadly.

I put it there to challenge us with this:

• Next time we get frustrated with how someone else is (or is not) doing something, will we love like the Jesus who hung on a cross or condemn like the Jesus in that graphic?
• Next time someone gets in our way or attempts to influence our anticipated outcome, will we serve them (or maybe endure WITH them) to show them the fullness of God's love, or will we convince ourselves we have no need of them and could do it better without them?
• Next time we speak about Christmas (especially if it's after Christmas), will we share what we were able to give or just about what we "got"?

Jesus was the Word that became flesh.
May the Word of Christ continue to become flesh in our lives.