Friday Night Thoughts

Yesterday I heard the most interesting thing.

Thursdays of course is small group night. All the guys were over and we were talking about (who else) Jesus. One of the questions in our guide delved into the thought of how Jesus would go about with some of the more menial tasks of life. That is, what would Jesus do when He woke up in the morning? How/what would Jesus eat? How/what would Jesus watch on TV? How/what would Jesus do when He was driving?

Justin talked about driving. He shared that Jesus would probably be so chill while He was driving to work. Justin often spends his time thinking about the most efficient way to identify which cars would be traveling the slowest so that he can properly avoid driving behind them at all costs. Justin then contrasted that Jesus wouldn't think anything like that. Instead, Jesus would probably keep appropriate perspective and simply not let small things like traffic bother Him.

This is what I found so thought provoking. I've dwelled upon the thought of proper perspective before, but what happened? For one reason or another, it's easy to simply agree with how we should view life. Everyone knows that we all should be thankful for legs to be able to walk (when some people don't even get that). Everyone wants to be happy that they have a car when so many people simply cannot afford such a luxury. But why is there disconnect in this ideal and the execution?

Why is it that in the middle of rush hour, when we're already 10 minutes late, remembering the fact that we are blessed with a car is the last thing on our mind? Why is that it's so hard to remember how abundant life when you are freshly terminated from your job? Essentially, the question boils down to this: if we know that it's always best to keep in mind the big picture of life, why is it that we seemingly always focus on the small things?