thoughts, in the stylings of Aaron Neville

There are a lot of things about life that I don't really understand. I don't know why people have to watch the ones they love die. I don't know why life is so hard for some people. I don't know why people who are starving and homeless sometimes know more joy than those of us who have "everything". I have absolutely no idea how semi-trucks and limousines make right turns.

The only thing I know for sure, and I even forget this sometimes, is that I need Jesus like I need AIR, man.

Sometimes I think about Jesus and think about how outrageous the things I believe are. Like everyone else, it's hard for me to understand how we serve this amazing, unconditionally loving God, a God that puts Himself on the line to love us and offer us something better, but still see so much pain in the world. A lot of times, I think I try to understand where it all fits in with the person of Jesus; what God could be telling us when we are reminded of the frailty of the human condition. And when I try to find reason in Jesus for the suffering, I'll tell you wHat, it makes absolutely no sense. But when you switch things around, I think the picture becomes clearer. Within the condition of the world, the condition of my own heart and the hearts of those around me, I see millions of reasons for Jesus. Millions of reasons why Jesus is relevant in my own life and in the world.

And all of this reminds me that on my own? On my own I can't do it. No way. In this crazy world that challenges our precious worldview and the concepts that we hold dear every day, Jesus is the ONLY thing that really makes sense.