Aparently this is my first meditation in almost a year

Jen and I on Ester Sunday attended a new church to us with our friends. The church service was good, I enjoyed it. I cant really determine if that will be our new home church, because you can never really judge a church on Easter.

With that said, the pastor said something I found to be interesting.

He said, "we need to be treating people as if they are Christ."

The congregation nodded in agreeance, but it started a thought process in my mind. And after days of contemplation I disagree with the statement.

I pictured myself treating someone as if they were Jesus, and all I found myself doing was trying to live up to him, presenting myself as if I am someone I am not. Think about it, how would you treat Christ if he were in front of you? Get outside of your first thought to fall at his feet crying and think about what a conversation with him is like, or what words you would say to him, or how hospitable you would all of a sudden become.

The statement fell apart in my mind, yet it brought clarity to me as I continued to chew on the words, the solution is simple and it is nothing more than a simple rewording and a shift of your state of mind. I believe the truth is that we ought to treat each other as christ would treat that person.

Yes this is a no brainer statement that I am sure all would agree with. But it is fundamentaly different that treating someone as if they were actually Christ. Under the second mindset we turn our fraud into reality, our posturing become genuine, and our obligations become love.

I pray that we would treat each other like Christ would treat the people before him, and that we would see that in each other and know that we are different and know that we are loved, and know that we have been saved.