Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Jesus.
all day I've been thinking about people. and this one guy in particular whom you may have heard of. Jesus. and I'm not talking about the angels descending from the clouds, heavenly host, hanging on the cross HALLELUJAH Jesus. I'm talking about when you strip all of that away and you just get this guy. this historical figure. this influential man. one of the guys I most admire like Andrew Jackson or Thomas Jefferson. just Jesus.this guy who did the best he could to teach people how to live right. and whether you believe he was the messiah or not. you cannot deny the realness of this guy. a friend and I were having a discussion the other day on how people are so afraid to be real. it trips me out. I have so many questions. people blow my mind. like why are we afraid of people to see us being real? why are we afraid to be scared? or sad? or ugly even. which brings me back to Jesus. his whole freakin ministry was about the realness of people. the dirty, the ugly, the nasty, the sad. I'm serious. as a person. I think this guy rocked. He tried to tell the church that this is what its about is getting your hands dirty in peoples lives. He tried to tell all the churchy people that its about going out and getting into the nasty part of the world and loving people who don't deserve it. just like we don't. but how did the church turn it back around into this "Holier than thou" , preaching on the corners, bullhorn screaming, turn or burn mentality? how could we miss this guys point completely? and how could the church base its whole doctrine on this guy and ignore what he says? see. the church is getting to be the most annoying thing. where did Jesus go? and why isn't the church looking for him? just something I've been thinking about today....