RED STUFF

on August 14th, 2009

Below is a super short little article I wrote for a newsletter a few months back. Since I don’t think very many people actually read the newsletter in which it was published, I thought I’d re-post it here:

Part of being a Christian, or a Christ-follower, is striving to become a little more like Jesus, right? I want to lead more like Jesus, I want to love people more like Jesus, I want to make choices more like Jesus would etc.  But if I’m totally honest with myself, it’s shocking how the way I live my life, the way I lead, the way I treat others etc. is often nothing like the way Jesus would!  In fact, most of the time, I am embarrassingly un-like Jesus. Of course the fact that I’m a wretched sinner and he was God incarnate probably makes for an unfair comparison, but you get the drift.

I recently started a little routine that you may want to try, too. I bought myself an old-school bible that has Jesus’ words in red. I’m a bit lazy, and I want his words easy to find! Whenever I find myself having a particularly “un Jesus-like” day, I take some extra time to read the red stuff in God’s word. When I read the words that Jesus himself spoke, I am quickly reminded of who I serve and the model he set for how I am to pursue life. In Christ’s words I find encouragement, hope, conviction and challenge. In his words I see how I ought to live and am reminded of my need for a savior because of how I actually live.

Paying a little extra attention to the red stuff has been good for my soul.

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Jonathan Grunden at 8:24pm August 15

Great thought! It is amazing how quickly our intentions and actions don’t line up when we don’t consistently remind ourselves who we follow.