Sitting on the Porch with Jesus

Have you ever wanted to ask Jesus a question? Perhaps a question about life in our modern times, rather than 2,000 years ago? Maybe even a tough question, one that relates to our current problems and difficulties. Wouldn’t it be interesting to hear what Jesus might have to say about the struggles we deal with on a daily basis? Or perhaps hear His views on other religions, other value systems, even gay marriage?

Have you ever had difficulty with prayer? Perhaps you just couldn’t find the right words, or maybe you were not in the right frame of mind, or your thoughts were too jumbled? I once got a tip on prayer from a good friend. He told me to get a chair for Jesus and imagine Him sitting in that chair. Then simply…talk to Him. Like a good friend, the good friend He really is!

So I went and got a rocking chair for Jesus, and I put it on my porch where I like to sit in the morning, and I began talking to Jesus… Just one struggling Christian talking to his Savior. But no porch is an island, and soon others came by to talk to Jesus: friends, family and acquaintances, with different problems, different questions, and different perspectives. Jesus has something to say to each of them, and it all centers on love and forgiveness.