What If God Was One of Us?

What if God was one of us? What if he was just another guy hunting and fishing the same area you are? He would blend in quite nicely wearing a red-and-plaid jacket with that grizzled beard. And long brown hair tucked under a Budweiser ball cap.

He actually might surprise you. Most people with a North American world-view see God as "gentle Jesus" kissing babies on the head and not stepping on any flowers as he walks bare-foot along the path.

But a closer look at the stories about Jesus show that he had a disdain for hypocrisy - and also for people who trashed his house. Apparently the story of Jesus driving the merchants out of the temple doesn't get much attention because people continue to trash his temple. Littering, clear-cutting, over-harvesting, commercializing, and so on.

Arguably God's temple is now this earth. Regardless of your religious convictions we live here. So don't "crap in your own backyard" as the saying goes. Don't harvest over your limit of fish; shoot at animals you're not sure you can hit; pitch old couches and garbage into the woods at the end of a dead-end road. Don't pollute the environment as if it belongs to the enemy. You can't pee in the water without it effecting the whole pool.

Next time you think about tossing a styrofoam worm container into the creek, consider that if God was one of us - he might just drag you through the no-draft window of your pick-up and kick your boney butt.

Remember, the guy who walked into the temple and found everyone trashing the place knows how to open up ONE MEAN CAN OF WHOOP-ASS!