Outside the Box

Jesus is such a clever person. I mean, really, he’s such a wise and creative guy. He is a master at answering questions and has the uncanny ability to perceive the real matter at hand. But, duh, I guess that’s a rather obvious thing to say. Anyhow, I would often chuckle to myself how he could leave someone quite dumbfounded and frustrated with all his parable talk. But as most of us know, they had a purpose and in the end, the people who needed to hear it heard it—and his message changed their hearts. It’s too bad that a lot of people stereotype Jesus’ ideology as close-minded, dull, unimaginative, boring and the list goes on. On the contrary, if you were to read about his adventures, he was quite innovative, funny, passionate, loving, fun-loving and against the grain (and yes, the list also goes on) sort of guy. I guess it’s partly our fault that at times non-Christians view Jesus through the lens of us. In fact, Jesus is the ultimate outside-the-box experience and we or I, actually, do not see him as such at times.