Signs along The Way

I have been looking for signs along The Way this week.  As I journey through my day I am looking for anything that might point me toward the Father.   Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me".  So Jesus...He is the way and The Way.  I look all day for signs of Jesus...The Way

I look it up in the Webster's and am convinced once again that this book of words and their meanings is a holy book.  It is not much of a word really...just three letters.  And right there in the dictionary is the salvation story.

Way is "a state of affairs...how someone does something, their usual habits, actions and qualities" and God he leaves us to our own state of affairs until we recognize our need for his way, for him.  Way is "an opening for passage" and when we recognize our need we look for a saving passage...Jesus.  Way is "movement or progress along a course" and God he posts signs of Himself all along the journey to guide and direct.

Have I been living and forgotten that I am saved? 

I sit in the simulcast and realize how much of my life I live under the law.  But the law...it doesn't save.  Grace is for saving.  Have I forgotten grace?  So many times I hear the story...tell the story of Jesus.

Just yesterday with the four year olds I tell the story of creation...and sin...and Jesus making a way.  And the little one with the side bun and chubby cheeks she says, "you have to squish Jesus down".  As she says it she holds here hands out like she is cupping Jesus right there in her palms.  I have to ask because there has to be more to a squished down Jesus.

"Why do we have to do that?"

"So he can fit in your heart!"

Lessons from a store cashier, a bible teacher, and a four year old.  Each holding up their sign reminding me to lived as if I am saved.  Maybe I got so busy on the journey...that I forgot.  And so these things I remember...

You don't need more Jesus...you already have all of Him!

Living the law is a way that leads to death...grace is the way of  life!

When we enter into The Way, we don't shrink Jesus to fit our hearts...he expands our hearts to fit Him!