Hello Dear Kim
It's time you met the real Jesus.
It's time you knew Him as He was: sometimes brusque, abrupt and authoritative. Always thoughtful, philosophical and profound.
It's
time you knew that Jesus could be the kindest and most gentle human
being on earth, showing boundless love, mercy and forgiveness to those
who genuinely asked for it and were in a repentant spirit. But it is
time to recognize that Jesus could also radiate blazing anger and could
hurl swift, incisive indictments at all posturing egotists,
self-righteous religionists, simpering crowd followers, or even at His
own beloved disciples when they got out of line.
It's time you
knew that Jesus perspired just as you do; that He grew desperately
hungry and tired; that He almost starved to death on one terrible
occasion; that He suffered through the entire panorama of human
temptations, passions and emotions which are common to us all; that He
enjoyed food and drink; that He appreciated feminine beauty.
It's time you knew that Christ could cry, shout, laugh
and sing; that He could enjoy the rough camaraderie of men of His own
age in an out-of-doors camp, or appreciate the glittering setting of
fabulous feasts in the most palatial of estates.
It's time that
you realized that Jesus was not a vagabond; that He was a professional
builder in the construction business, combining the technology of
"modern," first-century engineering with the art of the skilled
craftsman.
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