What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
I've never watched Joan of Arcadia, a series that ran for two seasons on CBS until tonight. A friend of mine, Dan Caputo, loaned me the DVDs. Looking at all the fansites and efforts to get JOA on the air again, I can see why.
The lyrics above, by Joan Osborne, reflect a need for the human soul to have someone much greater than they identify with with pains and struggles faced in this life.
I was pleased at the show's treatment of this topic on how our perception of what God is like is vastly different than reality. No preaching here, JOA makes an attempt to show the viewer who God is. The mark is missed somewhat, but what strikes me most about JOA, is that God uses students (in this case Joan of Arcadia) and calls them to seemingly small tasks that can have a HUGE impact. We must say this to students, that they matter to God NOW, not in a few decades.
This was not meant to be a review of JOA. You can find that here.
Our culture cries for answers to the questions: Do I matter to God? Can I make a difference in this life? Can God possibly know what I'm going through? The answer should amaze and move you:
Heb. 4:15 "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin."
2 comments:
Very cool thoughts...and something that EVERYONE, not just students, needs to hear...it is about being deliberate and knowing that we have a chance every day to make a choice to be like Christ or not.
Yep, just saying that JOA had a good teen following and from a teens' perspective. An example set by the youth...my heartbeat and God's...1 Timothy 4:12! Your husband has great taste in what to watch. What's he watching now?? Could use more recommendations from him!
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