1.31.2005
The Tree of God
When Jesus says that he is the vine and we are in the branches, the pastor said, "Imagine a big tree, the tree of God." At first I imaginined a tree that had an Ansel Adams type quality. The pastor's sermon was about "how DEEP how RED how THICK how MULTIETHNIC is the BLOOD of JESUS." (He was one of those pastors who kinda has one of those sing-song preacher voices) We started looking at the lineage of Jesus (it's in Matthew). He went through all the nations the lineage represented (Egypt, Pakastan, Iraq, Europe...) then he talked about the kind of people who were in the line (the priveleged, the outcasts, the second-class citizens). The tree of God grew in my mind. The tree of God is bigger than my mind can imagine. Studying the lineage of Jesus seemed boring to me, but actually it made God huge, and it made the world smaller. God is not for white people, God is for all people, God is not for the priveleged people, God is for all people. That's one HUGE God.
¶ 8:03 AM
¶ 8:03 AM
