Monday, January 14, 2008

Lessons from Bugs -the grey bunny

I gained some insights from a grey bunny, not an animated version, but a really cute fluffy bunny that looks similar to this:



You might ask how could such a tiny fluffy thing could grab my brain and not let go.

The answer is CONTEXT.

I walked into my friends garage (on the way into the house to watch my superbowl dreams get flushed away--11 years without a playoff win, arrrrrrrrgh-i still love you Romo and Jessica) and see the most adorable rabbit in a terrarium. My heart melted a little... but something wasn't right.

Because he wasn't alone, and this was, in fact, NOT his home-the context changes because even though Bugs is living there right now, its really a burmese python's home.



I told my friend, "That's a poor bunny, living so close to death..."

He replied, "Yeah, he's been in there for 48 hours, but he's starting to seem at home."

That's when it hit me-I'm a poor bunny.

Why do we allow ourselves to get comfortable with the very things that can kill and destroy us?

Do we realize how close we are to the end? Do we realize the danger we're in?

For some it could be drugs/alcohol, sex, pornography, food, credit cards, debt... For others it could even be positive things that we put out of order, or first in our lives: family, church, work, ourselves.

God, teach me to love you even deeper, I don't want to settle. Keep me from the real death, separation from you. You are first, you are last, you are everything.

Have you ever felt like i do-have you felt similar to this bunny? I also know that one could draw many different lessons from this experience-what comes to your mind?

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