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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

simple one: know

one Man. one God. one Spirit. one. just one Jesus. one Savior. one Life. know this one.
know Jesus and you will know this one Man, this one God, this one Spirit. you will know the one. you will know the one Jesus, you will know the one Savior, you will know the one life...your life in Him, His life in you. know this one. It's that simple...know

a little "Big League Chew":

you know this Jesus? a lot of people talk about Him. a lot of people talk about knowing Him.
you know who knows Him? kids. yep. little people know Jesus. they get it. you were once a kid. once, you were totally real, humble, silly, fun, carefree...you know, like a kid. once, you were totally in the know about Jesus. you remember that?
i remember that. i was loved, taken care of, playful, cheery, silly and free of knowing blame...free of knowing guilt. i was a kid. all i knew was that i wanted to be loved. i wanted to be hugged. i wanted people in my life...to play, to enjoy living, to enjoy living with me. i still want that. i still want to be a kid.
i also wanted to hang out with my dad...a lot. i love my daddio. he is a pretty neat dude. his name is craig. i spent my time as a kid trying to be like this man-my dad. anything...the way he walked, the way he talked, the way he styled his hair, the way he talked to people. i wanted to be like him. of course, i was just a kid. just his son...not him. but i tried to be like him. i really did. i tried to show him that i could be just like him.
i think he could tell. so he encouraged me. he gave me hope. he would spend time with me, training me in the ways of being like him. he would toss the ball with me...talk to me...take me flying in the plane and let me hold the yoke with him! my dad loves me. it is easy to forget. but i know it. he loves me. he knew i could not be him. he knew that one day i would grow up and realize that he is not the strongest, smartest, most successful and powerful man in the world. he knew. but he trained me up. he pushed me. he showed me Jesus. with his actions, with his love, with his grace and tender mercy that only a father has for a son, he loved me. he showed me Jesus. who shows you Jesus from your childhood?

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