When I went for my morning meeting with Jesus he was not there. I did find this note for me. He asked me to share his thoughts with you.
Giovanni,
Sorry I can’t be with you today. It’s a busy time for me and as much as I look forward to our meetings I have to take care of other pressing business. I am sure you understand. I wrote down these few thoughts before I left and will share them with you.
As hard as this may be to understand, I enjoy the opportunity to be fully human. I know it’s commonplace to hear that I AM the perfect human, and theologically I AM, but what is often misunderstood, is to enjoy and comprehend the human experience with all it’s mosaic richness, is to embrace being an average human being.
Also, when I AM allowed to be an average person, experiencing all that you do, it makes the magnificence of life all the more meaningful. I AM always asked “Don’t’ I already know all of this?” Yes, theologically I do, but it’s the fabric of the vulnerability of the human experience that drew our Father to love all of us in the first place.
In so many words, being human with all it foibles is what makes us so loving. More of you need to know and grasp the significance of this, and if you did, things would change for the better quickly. You would discover the heart of “loving” is in accepting your vulnerability.
You know get the “plank out of your eye, and stop worrying about the splinter in your neighbor’s eye” well that’s not just some cute slogan. Within the context of that statement is the meaning of Christianity.
If you folks would understand your “brokenness” and except it with some genuine humility, we would be well on our way to understanding the meaning of what I AM about in this world. So far, unfortunately, even though you've had the history of the last 2000 years to learn, you folks still don’t get it.
Give this some thought and we can talk about it more the next time I see you. Again, thank you for letting me be “human” in the full sense of what that means and for accepting me as such. I get plenty of attention in my other roles and my experience with you has been refreshing.
Until next time,
Your friend, Jesus
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