i bought a couch at goodwill yesterday and it is the best $22 purchase i've made in a long time.
at the store, i didn't even think about if i had enough room for it in my room.
when i got home, i was willing to move everything around so that i had room for my couch.
i didn't care what i had to do because i just loved that couch so much.
what if we thought of Jesus like that?
what if we were so radically in love with Jesus that we didn't care that we had to rearrange our lives or take pieces out to make room for Him?
it's pretty easy to say, but it took all of my strength to move around pieces of furniture. it was time-consuming and labor-demanding and i loved the set-up of my room almost as much as i loved the couch...almost.
for some people, it is the time it takes to change, for others-the effort. most of the time, our resistance to change comes from our comfort and familiarity in our current situation or the fear that the change may not be for the better. sometimes, we just like the way our lives look now. any way, i think we can all agree that it's much easier to stay the same than to change.
but if we put Jesus at the center of our lives, despite the cost, the outcome will be better than all we could ask or imagine.
