Real Christians

Where are the modern Moses', James' and Johns'?

When you read the bible closely you see that the people in it were passionate, nutty, all-out and just like - well - you and me, for the most part. The exceptional ones found God and started talking to Him. Believed in Him. Asked Him the tough questions, suffered, walked, learned and - hopefully, ended up (or will end up) in Heaven.

James and John were fishermen. They must have been pretty swarthy guys, considering their line of work and the fact that people nicknamed them the "Sons of Thunder." When they hung around with Christ and realized they could perform miracles, some of their actions were downright funny. At one time they wanted to call fire from Heaven to burn up some people who pissed them off but Christ was like, take it easy dudes, that's not what I'm here for. If I could figure out how to harness that power (a la my previous theory on String Theory) no doubt I'd call down some fire all right...starting with people who fight dogs...maybe it's a good thing I don't know how to do it. Yet.

J&J also wanted to sit by Christ in Heaven. They wanted to be warlords. These were not meek, sniveling cowards. These guys were no b.s. and they knew why they followed Christ - the same reason I do - I want to get to Heaven. Because I think Heaven is going to be wild, mad fun. I know in my heart that eventually I am going to realize that the goal is love of God but I don't truly love Him yet. All the studying and Christian following I do is because I want OUT of this shitty world, and IN on the good stuff.

Moses was another larger than life type. He was an abandoned child who became a royal son, living the fabulous life surrounded by wealth and all the hot ho's a man could dream of. But he turned away from it because he had the noble heart of a true king, a supernatural hero for the ages. He had such passion that he murdered a man in the name of justice. Then he went out on the archetypal heroic isolation for 40 years in the desert and came out a changed man. He learned to erase himself and his own ego in favor of the greater good, and ended up leading a suffering underdog nation to freedom.

These are Christians; people who are not afraid to lose everything for what they believe in, yet understand that ultimately they serve the King of the Universe. Lose your life for Him and gain it all. It's a mystery and a journey every one of us can take.