Chapter 29 ~ imitate Christ.

Chapter 29 ~ imitate Christ.

Sally tried to drink enough water. Though some days she had problems with water retention. Try feeling the size of a beach ball in a 2 x 3 inch shell.

John Ed poses the question. Can you come up with a synonym for water? I bet not. 

What about… 

H20.

I thought I had him. But looking up the definition for synonym in my American Heritage Dictionary, there was a problem. “A word having exactly the same or nearly the same meaning of a word in a language.” 

Has to be a word. 

Rats. H20 is a formula. (I think it is called a formula  — really that is a complete guess. I blocked out most of Chemistry.)  

Then I looked up “water” in my trusty brontosaurus. 

No silly, it’s thesaurus. But that word always makes me think of a dinosaur who mixed it up with some Dr. Seuss creature. 

Could you please change the water? Is that a little to much to ask?

John Ed talked about acts of service being the water of the church. 

Men really ought to serve all the time. They have no excuse. Do they ever have days when they feel the size of a beach ball because of raging hormones and a few too many chips and salsa the night before? 

Never.

The all should be happy as little clams in salt water (sorry Sal) all the time and out doing good for our Lord. 

When was the last time I reach out to someone with no thought of what I could get in return?

on Saturday. But that was a good day for me. Hormones were almost 50-50. 

What is my motivation for serving others?

I  like Sally am a shellfish person. So I do serve willingly ~ but when I don’t feel so great, tired, sick, etc. My benevolence attitude quickly fades.  

 “But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve adn to give his life a ransom for many.’  Matt. 20:26-28.

Jesus was funny that way. Always challenging the human condition lurking down deep in his followers.