Is Jesus part of your normal conversation?

The chatter in the backseat was non-stop but very enjoyable. Three of my grandchildren, Freddie who is 7, Mackenzie who is 6 and Emmett who is 4, were in my care for the day, and I had just picked them up from school.

Freddie was talking about meeting the other two when they were babies and had just come home from the hospital. He was describing how little they were and so cute and that he had cuddled them. They were asking him questions about themselves and he was trying to remember. He then sighed and said out loud, “They were enjoyable, the good old days.”

I had to smile.

“The good old days at the age of seven!” I wonder where he had heard that sentence before?

Then they started talking about presents they had received as babies and Mackenzie spoke to me saying what she had received for her last birthday. Some “Rosemary” beads from her Great Grandma and Jesus was on the cross at the end of them.

Emmett then piped up, “Yes, Jesus – On the cross still!”

Again, I smiled.

Their conversation then went on to state Jesus was now no longer dead but had Risen at Easter. They remembered the stories they had heard and read.

Emmett piped up again, “but Jesus is still on the cross?”

So, I started to explain why Jesus was still depicted upon the cross but yes, He has Risen.

The conversation then went onto other things and so I quietly reflected upon all that we had talked about – the importance of their family and how a child wanted to know where they fitted in and that they were wanted. Do we not want that too? Do we not want to know where we fit in? That we are wanted and loved.

I marvelled how Jesus was just a normal conversation of their lives and that they were not embarrassed by Him, about talking about Him to each other and by me being there. I marvelled and thought upon how all children love to hear stories about themselves, stories full stop. How we as parents have so often used Storytime before bed as a calming time, an enjoyable relaxing time. Stories that are real or make believe but full of hope and adventure.  Even ones that may need explanation if they don’t fully understand.

Is Jesus part of our normal conversation?  Can He even be a normal part of our conversation, or do we live in difficult circumstances? How much we don’t yet even understand but love to hear stories about ourselves, of the good old days, of reminiscing of the past but also hope for the future, not just living in the past.

It is so important to reflect upon, and learn from our past, the good and bad situations. How we coped or did not cope.  To reflect on who we can depend upon.

It is so important for us to know how we go forward into the future that lies ahead, with Jesus who died and rose again for us – for you, for me. He is “still” on the cross for all of Humanity, giving of Himself for all of us.

The stories that God shares with us are not make believe but TRUE and full of hope and adventure. The stories in the bible are depictions of humanity’s walk on the earth, of humanity seeking for answers and of God always being there and answering those questions. It is a Love story of God to us.

People have not changed all that much over the centuries. We still all have a basic need to be loved – for this comes from God, our creator, who is love. A basic need to be useful. A need to answer, “where do I fit in?”

God has ALL of those answers for us. Have you asked Him? Have you sought for the answers to your questions? What’s in your heart?

What’s in God’s heart for you?

Have you even sought this out?

It is never too late to ask Him.

May these jottings from my journal inspire you to believe in and fall in love with Christ- the hope of the world, as stated in Jeremiah 17:7, ‘Blessed is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord and whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord!’

Love

Rosemary

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Are you challenged to talk about Jesus in your normal conversations?

Do you seek out God’s heart for you? What could you do to begin to seek out God’s heart?

Where you do you feel God has shown you the answers to some of the questions we seek? eg. Where do I fit in?