I got a Bible and a Donkey..How Much Proof Do You Need?

Where to begin?? I guess I am amazed by people!! Why in the world do they meander without direction for an entire lifetime looking for the 'source' of life and/or the meaning of life. The human race has always been unwilling as a whole to accept that God created the earth and everything in it!!! The complexities of life and all the interactions on this earth just happened by random occurrence...... Bull Butter!!!!   My first semester in college, for extra credit, I attended a seminar one night. I had no clue what the subject was, but I listened intently to soon realize this cat was trying to sell the fact he found out how the earth was created.. My first thought was, "I could have saved him years by giving him the book of Genesis" (which in its name - means creation!). But no, if anyone who crossed this mans path in life had told him of our God, he had obviously rejected the notion that Someone (GOD) could be smarter than him! He(should be lower case) had it all figured out--- the world was created from a spark off of the tiniest of molecules which could only -barely- be seen with the strongest of microscopes!! Sounds great --- where did that molecule come from??? -- That's the problem!! As much of a fan of the Scientific process as I am, you only answer questions with other questions and hypothesizes. Scripture is much different. It is definitive! All answers and no questions!! The speaker was an SCA (stone-cold atheist)! He knew how the world was created(as he thought) --probably read the Bible in order to disprove it---but he had no clue about a Donkey!!! How about that curveball?? What does a Donkey have to do with an SCA and his nuclear phys. degree???  A donkey (yes the equine) has everything to do with it! First, the Lord our God created earth and its inhabitants for His glory. Next, let me remind you of the story of Jesus's birth! Mary, being great with child rode a DONKEY into the town of Bethlehem where our Savior was predestined to be born(Matthew 1:18)! Now take a good look at a donkey. No matter the color of the hair coat on a donkey, when viewed from above (His vantage point) has a stripe of darker hair running from the poll to the tip of the tail. Perpendicular to that is another dark defined line of hair that stretches from the animals shoulder over the back and down the opposite shoulder. Lets visualize: two lines that intersect at perpendicular angles form what? ----Pick me ---Pick me----- A CROSS!! To complete this thought, our God knew that Jesus (born of a virgin) who was carried in the womb on a donkey, would later be commissioned to a cross in order to save you and I 2000+ years later and the vary donkey he rode in on was stamped with a cross and still is today!! One of the coolest things to me about this is the fact I don't have to wrestle a donkey under a microscope to see the cross on his back - its there for the world to see!!

Now lets digress for a minute. First, if this man has not  come to have a faith in the fact that Jesus died on the cross for his sins, he is condemned to Hell.(Facts are Facts!)(Revelation 20:7-15) Second, I failed! Here is a man who I know does not know Christ, and I left there that night with out telling him about Jesus. (Matthew 28:16-20)-- I had the chance to use the knowledge He blessed me with to further God's kingdom  and I blew it!! Third, Even though we have a Donkey as a "sign" for lack of better terminology - We shouldn't need it! His word is ENOUGH! When He opens our hearts and lends our ear to His word, and gives us the ability to accept it, We do not need a sign!!! If we rely on signals from God, how stout is our faith? Not very!?!? Its my prayer that in all these ramblings, you see that what you cant see is most important and if you need teaching tools to help relay God's infinite wisdom and foreknowledge, just grab your Bible and a donkey--thats what they are for!

What about Jesus?????

Let me set up a scene for you: A while back, close friends came home to spend the week and visit. One of those evenings, we were sitting around just talking and catching up on the "goings on." The conversation was light-hearted and somewhat shallow. Then, a four year old playing off to the side of the room by herself and seemingly paying no attention to the conversation injected herself in the discussion quite abruptly!!! "HEY, HEY, HEY --- What about Jesus??" All of us considered to be adult were stunned and an awkward silence followed.. Where did that come from? As she went back to playing with her toys, we all congratulated her on the mention of His name and then returned to our meaningless(in the grand scheme) conversation. Since then, this question has plagued my mind and consumed my thoughts. I don't know if she in her childhood wisdom understands or not but there was a point to that question and it needed to be asked! In our entire exchange, not once did we ever reference our God and Savior, or give thanks for the chance to be together!!  This simple question has realigned my thought process. Every time I catch myself in "ego inflation mode," I often ask myself the humbling question "What about Jesus?" During the tournament this week, inherently we will hear the next great player giving praise to his "talents" - but What about Jesus? Why is it so hard to not only give thanks to the Lord, but to devote our thoughts to Him for His glory. This may remind some of you of the WWJD bracelet craze of the late 90's, but it is a legitimate concern in my mind for believers. Did my conversation/thought/action have anything to do with furthering God's kingdom and make His Son known? Most all of the time, the answer is no!
I'm continually amazed and perplexed by this simple question but I'm so thankful that He has allowed me the insight to analyze my past, present and future actions! As Christians, we must ask ourselves What about Jesus??!!!!!  Please let me encourage you with this thought --Every breath you take is His ----so take them for Him  -- and help others take theirs for Him as well!!!


God Bless!!!