Life is NOT really a bowl of cherries!Life is filled with difficulties, hurts, and disappointments - thanks to sin and the fall. Life is not always pretty, perfect, or even neat. The truth is, life can be quite messy. That's the kind of week its been - a messy week, filled with the fall's consequences. As I have talked with people this week about the messiness of life I have been reminded that THIS IS LIFE. Life is not really what we see on Sunday morning at most churches - happy faces, happy places, pretty people. It is, however the reason that Jesus came. It is for addicts, divorcers, homosexuals, and whatever your problem might be that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. It is for us - with all of our problems, weaknesses and hang ups that Jesus came - light to darkness. And I am reminded of Hebrews 2:17 Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people. 18 Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.
