What Does Jesus Look Like?
My youngest son is still not talking much, although in the past few weeks he has said "dad" and "mom" more often, which makes us hopeful. I have been working with him to say "Jesus." There are some pictures of Jesus in our church nursery and when I worked in the nursery, I would take those pictures during snack time and show them to the children sitting at the table saying, "This is Jesus. He loves you. Can you say Jesus?" This past Sunday, I wasn't working in the nursery, but I was showing some new workers the ins and outs of the nursery before service began. I showed them the pictures of Jesus and tried to get my little one to say "Jesus" for them, of course he didn't. After the service was over, I picked up my child from the nursery and the workers commented on how he didn't want to put the pictures of Jesus down and he kept pointing to it until one of the workers said, "Jesus."
At the table while we were eating lunch, I started asking the children what they learned in Sunday School. I have now since forgotten what they said, but then I started telling the family about our youngest child and the picture of Jesus. My logical husband says, " How do you know that is a picture of Jesus? We don't know what Jesus looks like." And my middle child says, "Yes we do, he has hair and a nose and arms and legs." That of course made us all laugh. Then Kirk said, " You're right son." In his sweet way, my middle child gets it - Jesus was just like us. It doesn't matter what Jesus exactly looked like. It matters that he became like us - arms, legs, nose, hair, and all.
"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus; Who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross. Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, and at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Philippians 2:5-11
At the table while we were eating lunch, I started asking the children what they learned in Sunday School. I have now since forgotten what they said, but then I started telling the family about our youngest child and the picture of Jesus. My logical husband says, " How do you know that is a picture of Jesus? We don't know what Jesus looks like." And my middle child says, "Yes we do, he has hair and a nose and arms and legs." That of course made us all laugh. Then Kirk said, " You're right son." In his sweet way, my middle child gets it - Jesus was just like us. It doesn't matter what Jesus exactly looked like. It matters that he became like us - arms, legs, nose, hair, and all.
"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus; Who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross. Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, and at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Philippians 2:5-11
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