Karma.

Karma.

What is the idea of karma?

As far as i understand karma, karma is something that is owed to you if you do good. If i'm a good person then i will be rewarded, if not here, somewhere else. It's really hard to get around that whole karma idea.

Why bring this up?

Tonight i experienced (I experience this often) the Christian Karma Experience (CKE). How does this work? Simple.

We humans, think the world revolves around us. (Duhhh) So if the world revolves around us, God who created the world, must serve us. Makes sense right?

This past year i have gone through a world of emotions. I have gone from high to low, skinny to fat, A-Z, you name it. It's made me a better person and a better man. I know this. So with my growth i feel like i have improved as a person. I'm a better person. I'm a smarter person. I'm a more mature person.

So with that, i should deserve something. I deserve what i want. Right? I mean, i'm a better person. I'm better, i swear!

That's the mentality i'm talking about. The fact that many times we feel that God, the creator of the universe, the beginning and the end, the perfect Maker, owes ME something. That's ridiculous. How arrogant and selfish can i be?

The answer is very.

Very.

Christmas is about a Savior. A savior that's sole purpose was to come to earth, to die. He came to earth, from heaven, to die. And yet i'm still here, saved, and complaining because i don't have what I want.

This Christmas, instead of being lonely, depressed, or selfish, I need to remember that God has given me the greatest gift i could ever want. No good deed, no positive thing I do in this world, and no self improvement will ever win me something as amazing as salvation. There is no Karma-tic experience great enough that will ever give me Grace.

So this Christmas can you remember? Can You remember the amazing gift of grace?

Grace unto you all. For a baby was born to die.

Amen.