Kyrie Eleison

Why I love Jesus

I got tagged twice in the span of less than two days! I guess I better take care of this.

Thanks to Creative Minority Report and Play The Dad? Be the Dad! for the tags.

The rules: Those tagged will share 5 things they “love” about Jesus. Those tagged will tag 5 other bloggers. Those tagged will provide a link in the comments section here with their name so that others can read them.

So here are some of my reasons for loving Jesus:

1. Through him all things were made. He made me, and my wife and my kids and my parents and my dog and the sunrise and the sunset and the oceans and the mountains and everything else that is good in this world.
   
2. He died for me. After we humans screwed it up good and basically told God to take a hike, he STILL loves us. So much so that he paid the price of our redemption. And he would have done it if it was only me that had sinned. That is how much he loves me!
3. For his first miracle, he turned WATER INTO WINE. And at the end of a three day wedding feast! Talk about joy in life! Let me tell you, Jesus is the life of the party!
   
4. He gave us the best mom in the world, Mary! And he listens to her! Guess who told him to make the wine? Yep, it was her. I mean, this was his mom - and he gave her to us and us to her.
5. He gave us the Eucharist. I go to mass and receive my Lord and God in a real and physical way. At that moment of communion, when all masses are one outside of space and time - I am with my God and savior and the entire Church throughout time.
6. Here is a 6th freebie. I also love Jesus because he cares enough to knock me over the head every now and then with the spiritual equivalent of a 2 x 4 to get my attention. I mean, he goes out of his way to make sure I get the message some times.
7. And here is a 7th. He gave us the Church that he told us he would not leave. He built it on Peter, and has promised that the gates of Hell will not prevail against it.

I could go on but I am already two past the requested five, so I’ll leave it at that.

Since the people I would tag have mostly been tagged or have done this one, I am going to leave the tagging open. Let me know if you play, I’d love to read your responses!