….And I Feel Fine.
It was the best of times. It was the end of times…. wait, that’s not how it goes…
If the rest of the country is anything like Georgia, (heh) then you’ve seen signs all over telling you that Judgement Day is happening this Saturday. It’s easy to point and laugh, because, well, doesn’t the Bible teach us that no man will know the day? AsI’ve stated in previous posts, I can’t pretend to know everything the Bible is saying. I know it says that, but I don’t know the context, the surrounding words, and what God meant when he said somehting about recieving power in the Holy Spirit and me being his witness. I don’t know.
Is it scary to think about, “What if he’s right?” Well… Yeah! Of course it’s scary.
Here’s my thoughts.
God and Jesus are peculiar. Let’s be real for a minute. When Jesus was here, in human form, things were weird. The kings were scared he was going to overthrow them, and I’m fairly certain the disciples thought there was going to be a revolution. I think most people were expecting a holy king to take the throne, and reign over all of us forever. In a worldly sense.
Here’s what people were not expecting.
A humble servent to come to earth, literally on the run from day one. A man to seek the marginalized, poor, sick, downtrodden. A man to defy everything we saw as holy. A man to ride to town on a donkey, pull a coin from a fish’s mouth, spit in mud to heal the blind, wash people’s feet, draw in the sand, stand up for sinners, and die on a cross.
So. Like I said, I don’t know what judgement day is ’supposed’ to look like, but I do know that we’ll all probably be really surprised. Whether it’s Saturday, in January, or in 2134, I think we will probably be surprised when it happens.
Until then, I’m going to continue to do what I *try* to do. I’m going to try and love people, and love God. I’m going to try to correct my foolish ways, and be a good steward and a great example to my family. When I fall, I’m going to stand up and keep going. And I think everyone should do the same. Period. Because no matter what you believe about when judgement day will happen, when you think about it, it makes all this other stuff seem silly. The arguements, the political differences, all of that…. It is just silly. It’s time for me to (Re:) Focus. (I’m fairly certain “Re” is trademarked by the relevent church in America, but I’m borrowing it for this post.. hehe.)


