I realize that roughly a year ago I posted a blog with an
excellent picture of our wonderful Lord and Savior: Jesus Christ. I said in that blog that I was going to trace
Jesus’ journey across the globe with me, that he would inevitably become my new
traveling buddy and all of the above.
Unfortunately I lost this little figure of ‘Jesus’ somewhere towards
the beginning of my journey. Did it
break my heart? Maybe a little bit, but
I just assumed that I gave it away to some kid in need of a toy. Well – it wasn’t until farther into the year
that I found this little action figure camping out in the depths of my
bag.
Conviction singed the depths of my soul – I knew that I was
obligated from that point forward to write about Jesus’ travels.
Yet I didn’t do it.
And so I got home and I was quickly reminded by MANY people
that they missed out on the adventures of Jesus. They wanted to know how his journey went and
what he found out about himself as he traveled around the world, then I had to
aptly relay this story to them: I lost Jesus.
The whole story of “losing Jesus” would in and of itself make
an excellent blog, especially with the fact that I found him buried
underneath all of the crap that I considered ‘more important’ than him. There’s an excellent moral to the story here, I
know. However, I’m writing this for
another purpose.
I’ve actually been asked by a few people to resurrect this
blog-thought and instead of tracking Jesus’ journey throughout the globe, to
write a comparison blog.
American Jesus vs. Non-American Jesus
Part of me actually cringes at this thought for many
reasons. First off, I’ve found a broken
heart for the American Church and writing a blog of such caliber could
resurrect my feelings of cynicism and hatred towards the whore-like tendencies that
our Church in the States produces in ‘blending in’ with American culture. Yet again, this could be good for the Church
to hear.
I promise to guard my words with grace. 🙂
And another part of me wonders what this is going to become
because, clearly, I can’t contain all of these ‘opinions’ and ‘observations’
into one single blog. This would have to
become an explosive blog-series. So I’m
asking for some help. Mainly: should I?
There are THOUSANDS of differences between our version of
Jesus and what the rest of the world sees.
I could write about several and be nice with my words – truly. But I’m eager to know my readers’
thoughts.
And… go.
