WAITING FOR YOU

We went to the zoo today.  It was absolutely beautiful outside.  There was still a little chill in the air with the breeze, but the sun was out and it was warm.  We arrived early in the morning, so as to get as much time there as possible before the boys needed to go down for their naps.

When we got there, we were some of the few that were there.  We parked fairly close to the front and were able to walk freely around the zoo without many people in the way…until the end of our stay.  The way the zoo is set up, you walk almost in a circle so you can see everything.  But at the end of the circle, you wind up walking against the beginning of it, and therefore the people.  And let me tell you…the zoo was packed.  The crowd had come in behind us and we didn’t realize how many were there until we came out of the “The Plains” area.

And then it hit me…it was a beautiful day; one of the first really nice days this year.  Why not come out to the zoo when it’s nice.  We just weren’t used to that many people.  We have a membership to the zoo and have been going…even when it isn’t that great outside.  I guess most people don’t like going to the zoo when it’s cold.

And that got me thinking…the zoo on a beautiful day is like church on Christmas or Easter.  Churches are always packed on those two “holy” days.  But isn’t every day holy if we give the day to Him and seek the Lord’s Will for that day?  I’m not naive enough to not understand that those days are special…but why is it that we only see certain people (the CEOs—Christmas Easter Only) on those two days?  Is Jesus not worth celebrating on other Sundays?  Doesn’t He deserve more than that?

As always, there is no “perfect” analogy and they all fall apart somewhere; this is simply where my thought went today.  I don’t expect people to go to the zoo when it’s freezing cold, especially when you don’t have a membership and have to pay every time.  But the animals are always there…waiting for you.

In the same line of thinking: Jesus is always there…waiting for you.  And your membership has already been paid for; you just need to pick it up at the ticket window.