Real (23rd Anniversary Edition)

As we continue to celebrate the 23rd Anniversary of the Old Lazy Dog - Great Day Addendum and www.oldlazydog.com, today's GDA is another one of my favorites from years gone by. Keep the Faith - Marty

Real

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” - John 15:5-7 NIV

I read this the other day and wanted to share. It’s a snippet from attorney and writer Lee Strobel sharing how Jesus became real for him.

For me, it was a bit different. In a coach’s office at Southern Mississippi. A moment in time when I came to the realization that Jesus was real and wanted a relationship with me, and I needed a relationship with Him.

"I didn't become a Christian because God promised I would have an even happier life than I had as an atheist. He never promised any such thing. Indeed, following him would inevitably bring divine demotions in the eyes of the world.

Rather, I became a Christian because the evidence was so compelling that Jesus really is the one-and-only Son of God who proved his divinity by rising from the dead. That meant following him was the most rational and logical step I could possibly take." -- Lee Strobel

For some, it’s a logical understanding that Jesus is who He said He is.

For others, it’s a moment in time when there is a realization that we cannot control life and death and the things that happen in this world... that we’re helpless in the fight with what we can’t understand or that we can’t control... that there has got to be more to this life than this life. Then ultimately realizing that Jesus can be and is the answer we’re searching for.

And for others still, it’s an unexplainable drawing to Him and a clarity that Jesus is the Son of God, and gives hope and grace and forgiveness through what He endured on the cross.

Everyone’s story is different. For all it’s a realization that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, and came to live and die and live again so that we might have life, everlasting life and live it abundantly.

Today... Trust Jesus. He is who says He is. He did what what He said He would do. And will one day return, like He said He would.

Jesus is real. As real as day turning to night... and night back to day.

Keep the Faith... Carpe Diem