The snow globe lie

I often tell my kids- we are living in a snow globe, but since it is all we know we think it’s real.

It’s not.

And John is reminding us- and his first readers who had the same problem- that Jesus entered our slow globe, our reality. John saw, touched and heard the human Jesus, who came to make sure we know that there is an eternal reality outside the one we experience with our senses.

This is such a hard thing to keep in mind, so let me say what is true of every prayer. I need these prayers every bit as much as my kids do. One of the advantages of having kids, actually, is that we do for them what we often wouldn’t do for ourselves.

So today, as we pray for our kids, their future spouses, and their current friends, let’s pray for each other also.