I wish there was a better me that showed up every day to be me.  I don’t think about this often, but being disappointed in myself is something that occasionally keeps me awake at night.  Tonight is the night.

I went to bed tired and sleep usually comes quickly.  But tonight I  promptly woke up before I fell asleep.  I lay down tired and turned over wide awake.

I was wishing that I had behaved differently during the day.  I thought of Jesus.

I think WWJD creates guilt for my personality type. What WOULD Jesus do?  I second guess a lot of what I do.  I really want to “do what Jesus does” but I really often don’t.

A good example is this blog.  I don’t think He would have had a blog.

WWJBlog.  Just doesn’t have the same impact does it?

Obviously Jesus didn’t live during a time when electronics were the way to communicate.  But I don’t think He would have used them anyway. He was so busy getting involved with people that He did not use even the most basic technology. The written word.

He did not write! Not one word.

Unless you count the time He wrote in the sand, but what He scribbled on the ground didn’t last very long. Sand is so temporary.

Paul wrote letters to people but Christ did not.  Men wrote about Him; He didn’t write about Himself.

His greatest impact was coming in close physical contact with the people around Him.  He didn’t sit under an olive tree and write so that His words could be preserved. He wrote Himself on people’s hearts. He lived His message and changed lives through the 5 senses that He created. While He was here, people saw Him. Touched Him. Smelled Him. Heard Him and tasted food He gave them.  They didn’t read about Him.  He entered their lives.

There are many good benefits of reading a blog, a text, an email and then acting on it.  But what a blessing to sit next to someone, share a bite to eat, look them in the eye and be changed in that moment.

Let’s not isolate ourselves and feel guilty about all the good things we read but don’t do.

“Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of His return is drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:24.25)

Happily ever after, beth