profound/obvious combo

I had a thought today that seemed both profound and obvious.

Another little nugget of wisdom that this challenge has brought to my attention is the fact that sometimes serving is hard. You don't feel like it. You don't have energy. You're tired. And by you, I mean me.

So...here comes the profound/obvious combo thought:

Jesus got tired too.

"But (someone or more than one someone might be thinking) He wasn't like me! He was all glowy and good and hung out with sheep."

But people, guess what? According to everything I've ever known/ been taught, Jesus was fully human as well as being fully divine.

Which means that He experienced everything that we do while being human.

Which means, sometimes he was probably tired and maybe he even didn't really feel like it (insert task here).

And I have a feeling when that happened, He did exactly what I did today. I prayed for more energy and thanked God for the opportunity to serve even when it was hard.

And you know what? God delivered.

I had a great time helping some kids make crafts this evening during my church's VBS. As my Mom would have put it, I got an attitude adjustment.

And it probably didn't hurt that He let it pour down cold rain on me as I ran into the church. ;)