Ordinary People

 I have seen this post twice in the past couple of days and dismissed it the first time, thinking that I didn't quite understand or agree with it.  But now that I've had more time to think about it and read this blog, I think I now know what he meant by it:

Harry Emerson Fosdick said, “The world has two ways of getting rid of Jesus. The first is by crucifying him; the second is by worshiping him.”

 Aren't we supposed to worship Jesus?  Well, I guess that depends on what you mean by worship?

Clarence Jordan, founder of Koininia Farms and co-instigator in the founding of Habitat For Humanity, said that the scandalous thing about Jesus wasn’t that he was God – it was that he was human.
Because the minute we make him God, we can put him on a pedestal and worship him. We can bow down to him, we can celebrate him, and we can honor him. But we don’t have to change ourselves, because, after all, he was God, and we aren’t. But if he was human, then we are pretty much without excuse. Then our only choice is to ignore him, or to follow him.
On that day when we are asked by God to give an account of our lives, God will not ask me, “Hugh, why were you not Martin Luther King?” Instead, God will ask me, “Why were you not Hugh Hollowell?”
Jesus called ordinary people – James and John, Peter and Andrew – to follow him. And Jesus still calls ordinary people to follow him today. Jesus calls ordinary people, from their ordinary lives, to do extraordinary things.
Which is good, because the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. And there is work to be done.

 (http://hughlh.com/ordinary-people/)

So, Lord help me to be the ME you want me to be.  Help me to remain in You:
John 15: ⁴ Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. ⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

"A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end, he realized that prayer is listening." — Søren Kierkegaard

Yesterday was a rough, draining day.  Thank you, God, for your constance presence.

Psalm 119:131-136

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

¹³¹ My desire to hear your commands is so strong
    that I wait with open mouth, gasping for breath.
¹³² Look at me, and be kind to me,
    just as you always are to those who love your name.
¹³³ Guide me, as you promised.
    Don’t let evil rule over me.
¹³⁴ Save me from those who want to hurt me,
    and I will obey your instructions.
¹³⁵ Accept your servant,
    and teach me your laws.
¹³⁶ I have cried a river of tears
    because people don’t obey your teachings.