Thursday, March 27, 2014

Jesus died for us over burnt biscuits… and other stupid stuff.


BB’s, WHAT is our problem? What is our major malfunction?  We are such dumb dumbs.  Had a little discussion and realization about this today. My little girl has been lying this week. Nothing major. And you KNOW this BB had busted her on every single thing. She was testing the waters. And I let her.  

I tried not to scold too much. I didn’t call her out and embarrass her even when she said lied to my face over stupid stuff. (Y'all, like spraying perfume.  HELLO, I have a nose for crying out loud). Don’t get me wrong. I wanted to!  I wanted to jump all over her like a rabid spider monkey. But I chose to wait it out.  

You might think I was being lenient, but I pretty much gave birth to myself. I pay for it daily. I look in a 4 foot tall mirror and see all my mess ups. I try to learn about myself, but that’s part of me too. I have to mess up a few times to get through to this stubborn brain of mine. I knew eventually it would happen… the mess up that led to tears and repentance. No point pushing it until she was ready. I knew she would finally "burn the biscuits"…or something like that.

One thing we all know is that where there is smoke there is fire… and biscuits in the microwave for 2 minutes will lead to enough smoke to fill a tiny house quickly. And fanning the door will not help… so I hear, because surely my smart child wouldn’t think it would help with that much smoke. And I KNOW my smart child wouldn’t think throwing a burning biscuit in the trash would cover her tracks. And I’m SURE this mom, that knew this was coming, wouldn’t roll her eyes so far back in her head that my body thought I did a back flip.

After a deep breath, so that I wouldn’t ship my child to Timbuktu in disbelief that we had a whole week… spring break mind you… of stupid nonsense, we talked. And I prayed God would allow me to treat and see her as He sees her… and as He sees me.  Cause at the moment all I saw was a bratty child that had made a week at home borderline unbearable. And we cried. You know why BB’s??  It’s almost Easter and she burned the biscuits. 

Stay with me a second…

The Lord and Savior of the Universe was lied to by his friends. They tried to sneak things past Him. They didn’t trust Him. They questioned Him. They were jealous of His affection for others. They questioned why He slept when they thought He should be moving and why He traveled when He should have been sleeping and why He ate when they thought He should have been fasting and why and why and why…  They get on my nerves. And then it makes ME get on my nerves. We try to hide burnt biscuits from our God!! Have we LOST our brains???

Our Healer
Our Provider
Our Counselor
Our Creator
Our Deliverer
OUR SAVIOR!!

In three weeks, we are going to spend a day praising God for raising Jesus from the dead. But BB’s, we need to spend time daily realizing something…
Jesus, Son of God and our Savior was

Tortured
Beaten
Mocked
Bruised
Battered
Humiliated
Crucified

He suffered unbelievable torture and a long, painful death

Over your and my burnt biscuits.

For God so loved the world (that’s you and me peeps!!), that He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.  John 3:16

Just like my baby girl couldn’t hide a burning ball of yeast from me, I can’t hide from my Lord and Savior!!! I pray that over the next few weeks that you’ll soak that in. It sounds trite, but it’s not. Jesus was slayed like an animal over our stupid things. For us! So that we can be forgiven and live eternally with Him… IF you are Christian.  And IF you confess and make that realization of GRACE.  

By grace (something given to you that you didn’t deserve), you are saved.  If you aren’t a Christian or maybe you think you are, but aren’t sure, will you message us and let us pray for you?  We aren’t pastors or ministers or whatevs, but we know plenty.  We’d love to help you. 

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.  Ephesians 2:8-9