Cake without the Stomachache

Our second Bible Study at The Annex was last night. A lot of good points were brought up, my favorite being "What virtue of Jesus' do you wish you had?". This is a good question to think about for everyone. Would you be more compassionate? Forgiving? Optimistic? Would you want to be a good role model or teacher to those around you?

Though there is no true answer to this question as everyone is different, allow me to speculate. I think it is not a single virtue that makes Jesus, well, Jesus. Even further, it's not what he does that makes him holy but rather how he does it. He is a true Witness (well, he's actually THE Witness). I'll bet if someone asked Jesus what his favorite part about Himself was he'd say his Father.

On a side note, we were blessing this couple at my other church yesterday who are getting married this Friday. We were discussing what it means to be "married". Something that has been brought up in two sermons and that discussion as well is the idea of a triangle. In a relationship (romantic, familial, platonic, what have you), we will get nowhere if we are running towards each other; we will simply run into each other. The only way we will grow better and our relationship will be stronger is if we are both running alongside each other, helping one another toward a common goal. What better goal than Jesus? If we were to all strive to be like Jesus, wouldn't our relationships be better? Stronger? Eternal, dare I say?

Regardless of what we believe in, we're all running towards something or someone. Even Jesus himself was running: towards God. If we are to truly wish for a virtue of Jesus', I think it should be Jesus himself. Jesus is who we should strive to live with, like, and for. He's the whole ice cream cake, not just a slice. What do you think?