I was putting my laundry away the other day and as I put my socks in the right drawer, a cartoon came to my
mind. It was from an old book of army cartoons my dad had, done by Bill Mauldin during the Second World
War. There was one that I remember laughing at as a kid…two dirty, tired infantrymen are sitting under cover.
One of them has a pair of socks in his hand and says “Willie, you saved my life yesterday. So, I’m giving you
my last pair of dry socks.” As a kid that seemed so silly, but when I showed my dad he said, “You know, that’s
just about how important those socks were in combat.” I thought about how mundane having a clean pair of
socks is to me, but how incredibly valuable they had been to soldiers in the field during that war. Something
that I saw having such little value, was portrayed on par with the saving of another’s life. I thought about that,
how people value things so differently. The Bible says that Jesus is the one about whom it is said that the stone
you builders rejected, has now become the cornerstone…there is salvation in no one else! People see this Jesus
of the Bible in two different ways. He is either God become flesh and is Lord and Savior or he is seen as
something that has no real impact on life, history or my personal destiny. I see such value in him that he
is…well, worth my life. And yet so many see him as a footnote in history, a nuisance or even a threat to
progressive society. I want to always see the majestic value that this Jesus is not only to human history and
destiny…but to my life now and in eternity. No matter what you think or believe, the Bible says that this one
who was and is rejected, is in fact the cornerstone that all life, truth and the future come from. So, take time
today to let this one, on whom everything else is subject to, see how valuable he is to not only to the human race,
but to you personally.
Here’s our Bible verse for today…
Acts 4:10-12 NLT Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead. (11) For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’ (12) There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
Remember I’m praying for you,
PJ
Here’s our Bible verse for today…
Acts 4:10-12 NLT Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead. (11) For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’ (12) There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
Remember I’m praying for you,
PJ