For those of you that do not know, our church has a huge Christmas/Passion Play production each year. It is a dinner theatre and it is a big deal. All of my right brained family is in it except me. (I am the driver.)  Last night, we had a costume rehearsal.   This year’s production is very different from previous years except for the crucifixion and resurrection scenes. I have seen these two scenes for the past 10 years so I am very familiar with them. They touch my heart each year but usually at rehearsal, it is less intense because it is more about getting everyone in the right place etc… 

Last night Jesus was in blue jeans and a t-shirt. (They save the loin cloth and blood for the actual production 🙂  All the guards were in costume and all were acting, as they crucified him.  It was funny at first to see Jesus in blue jeans but then as I watched it became powerful. Somehow, the age-old event was transported to the present.  As the spot light was on him hanging there, the sacrifice he made became more real to my everyday, blue jean life. 

Agony and pain translate well to my current circumstance, even though I am aware his was much greater than anything I am going through.  To see him there, reminded me of the great lengths he went to then, in order to be with me today…in the now. Years ago, I had a dream where he came to me and said, “There is no time between us.”  That is because He lives above time.  Only I am limited by it.  He is not.  He provided for this moment in my life no matter what I am facing. He has been there to take the pain of it ahead of me and from me. What he did that day on the cross still stands, even in our blue jean world.

P.S. If you are in the area, the show is this Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Call me for tickets.