I understand that Jesus was God. But I don't really understand how he was BOTH man and God. Last night I was struck with the flu, so much that I could barely lift anything. Every part of my body ached. It hurt to look at anything; it hurt to close my eyes. And it continued on today. I'm better now but I spent most of the day sleeping, and oh yeah, almost fainted/threw up in my neighbour's house. I felt awful.
I called my boss and told him that I wouldn't be able to come into work today. It's Pasta Tuesday at the restaurant. And I was supposed to close tonight. It might have been the worst day to call in sick. I called my mom (who wasn't at home) early this morning to ask her when she was going to be back.
And I wondered, "Did Jesus ever call in sick?" Did he ever take a break? Did he ever get the sniffles and spend the day in bed, even as a youngster? Or was he always "about [his] Father's business"? I mean, he was fully man so he must have been ill at some point in his life. He must have eaten some bad seafood or something right? The only reference to anything remotely like this was when Jesus heard that John the Baptist had been executed. The Bible says that he went to get away from the crowd and mourn but it goes onto sya that the crowd followed him... and he began to teach them. He was mourning the death of his dear cousin, but the people didn't even give him a chance. And he didn't object. How??
I rescheduled things so that I could rest and I'm not even very sick, and by no means am I mourning. Is this just an opportunity to show us that we can do nothing in our own strength? I'm really not sure.
What about terminal diseases? Whose example do we take from? What would Jesus do with cancer?
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