Fried Chicken and Jesus

During the school year our church serves Wednesday night supper. Once a month we normally have fried chicken. My Papa Toby is the chicken fryer. Papa Toby accepted a new position about a month ago that was not going to fit in with Fried Chicken Wednesdays. But to our surprise, we found out Monday that he would be off in time to cook his famous fried chicken (per the request of one Mr. Rick Luhrs). We had more people last night than I have seen in a very long time. I enjoyed seeing all the faces come thru the line, smiling and happy to be there. I also saw plates coming back into the kitchen with tons of food left on them (mostly the side dishes and desserts). Seems people just want the chicken and not the other nutritious food. Makes me wonder if that is how we are handling the relationship with Jesus. We want the parts that make us happy and smile, but don't want to live the parts that are good for us because people may look at us strange, or we might not be cool living for Christ. Justin put it simple last night. We can smile and do good deeds (show up for chicken night), but are we living, wanting, striving for a relationship with Christ? Showing up for fried chicken is nice, but isn't going to get us into Heaven. We have to seek the relationship with God. Accept that Christ has taken away any and all baggage that we have been carrying around. That God loves us! Strive everyday to show others God thru the way we live our lives. For some people we encounter, the God we show them may be the only way they have ever seen Him.

It's pretty simple really...if we have faith and know that God sent His son Jesus to die on the cross to pay for our sin debt, seek a personal relationship with Him, and live your life so others see Him thru you. I know it has changed my life for good during this past year. And all I had to do was to invite God into my heart...he's been sitting there waiting all this time.