So the other morning, right after Lindsey left for work as I was getting the boys ready, God revealed himself to me in a completely new way. To be honest it was in a way that I have never thought of before. While Silas was walking across the floor, I caught Eli running up right behind him, bear hugging him and then falling down backwards taking Silas with him. And so it began. Silas burst out laughing and I mean like all out hyaena laughs, as deep as belly laughs as I have ever heard a baby have. Now you might be thinking at this point as a good dad I should intervene but honestly all I could do was stand there laughing myself. Then Silas would get back up, and Eli would pull him back down. This time though Silas landed right on top of him, rolled over and seemed to pin him. Here was our 1 year old fighting back. I really wanted to get down and pul the old www, !., 2, 3, Ding, Ding, Ding. I think we might have 2 wrestlers on our hands. But then it turned and the fun was over Eli got Silas pinned down and the laughing started to turn to a whimper.
You know me though, as my day went on I started thinking about the reality that Jesus himself had a brother, James. In my mind I started thinking about Joseph standing over Jesus and James as they went at it as kids. Can you imagine Mary looking at Joseoph and saying to him, “I thought we were raising the Son of God?” And Joseph replying by saying, “He is, remember what the angel said, but that doesnt’t mean he’s not still a kid.” I can only imagine the fights between the boys, the disagreements that took place, the tears that were shed, and the discipline that had to be dished out. How about the time when Jesus wandered off from his parents and He stayed at the temple while Mary and Joseph searched for him. Think there might have been some belts being cracked that day?
Luke 2: 43 After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it.
Maybe you haven’t thought to much about this before, but please if you get anything from this, remember that Jesus truly was fully human. He left the comforts of heaven, humbled himself, took on the form of a man, was born in a manger and lived and breathed just like you and me. So next time you think to yourself and shake your fist to the sky saying, “God you don’t know what I am going through,” remember that he does. When you say, “You dont know what it’s like to be betrayed,” He is saying, “I had everyone turn there back on me.” When you are saying, “You don’t know how hard it is to forgive that person, He is saying, “How hard do you think it was for me to forgive the soldiers who nailed me to the cross. When you are thinking, “You don’t know the temptation I am going through, he reminds you of his time in the desert being tempered directly by Satan himself. You seeing my point yet?
Phillipians 2:6-7 Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form.
What a way to start my day. Thank you Jesus for the simple reminder that you were fully hunan, yet fully God at the same time. Thank You God for my two boys who give me that simple reminder.