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This morning the boys were in my office to read the Bible, and we got talking about one particular line we read.
Soon after this, Jesus was going through towns and villages, telling the good news about God’s kingdom.
Luke 8:1
So many times we take the good news out of the “good news”! I told the boys that sometimes we make knowing Jesus about knowing what not to do, or what to do, instead of the greatness of a God who loves us. The story we read yesterday was about the woman who came and poured expensive perfume on Jesus, and was crying on his feet, wiping away the tears with her hair. Jesus told the astonished “holy dude” who was with him that someone who is forgiven much will celebrate that forgiveness much more! That’s the good news! God’s love and forgiveness are available to all!
Somewhere in the conversation we started talking about how the good news is that we get to be close with God, like he’s our Dad. And then I said, “And Jesus is like a brother, which is cool.” The brothers smiled. “And Jesus, who is God, who is also the Father, is like our Dad, which is cool.” I started losing them here. “And then God is spirit, too… and that’s like, you!” I was sort of confusing myself, but stick with me here… “It’s like God can be so close that he is inside us, where only you can be. No one else can be inside you except you… and God (the Spirit) who lives inside of us.”
At this point Ian said, “Yeah, he can get inside through our ears! Or, our nose! Unless… if we have a cold.” 🙂
(That was awesome.)
But I thought that was pretty neat. God in his three persons is as close as a brother, as a father, and even as ourselves as the Spirit, living inside us. I hadn’t ever though of that before. But we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, he is actually inside us. Our relationship with him is that intimate. No one else can be there. Just God.
Neat.
No super-amazing conclusion from all of this, just thought it was interesting enough to share. And, the line from Ian was classic. 🙂
Happy Easter, everyone.
Go Sabres! 🙂
I love those classic comments. The girls and I were reading about the crucifixion the other night and when they were casting lots, and we were talking about the humiliation that Jesus endured, and Lauren looked at the photo in the children’s bible and said “was Jesus in his underwear?” I explained that he was wearing something similar to cover his bottom, and Sophi said, “you know, mom, you really shouldn’t talk about Jesus’ bottom.” I loved that– and it was funny because after I said it, even though it wasn’t disrespectful, I realized it felt weird to say that!! Any other man and it probably wouldn’t be weird, but the Son of Man– and Sophi was tuned into that. Anyway, just wanted to share that moment! And hey, I’m back to blogging, we’ll see if it lasts!