What If God Was One Of Us?

    So readers today I decided to write a Blog after a long summer away from blogging.  As you can see as the title indicates I propose to you, "What If God Was One Of Us?"  Please do not take this title in its Theological meaning.  Yes, I am a Theology Major as most of you know but this is not the purpose of my blog today.  I am actually stealing this idea from one of my favorite television shows from when I was a child and thanks to my best friend and suit mate at college I have been reunited with, Joan of Arcadia. 

    I do not want to bore you of the details of this television show, but the concept of it is very cute, unfortunately it did not go beyond two seasons.  What a tragedy, yes, believe me I know.  Basically there is this normal, family that becomes not so normal when the oldest son, previous to the show was in a car accident which paralyzes him from the waist down.  His father goes from being a detective to an unsuccessful Police Chief when he does not hide the dirty secrets of the Mayor and whom ever else.  The mother is one of the school secretaries.  The other boy in the family is a complete geek, a genius when it comes to Math and Science and cannot get a girlfriend to save his life.  Then there is Joan the star of the show and the reason for my blog today.  

    Let's just say this average family went from being average to extremely weird within one 365 degree turn of events.  Not all pertaining to her big brothers injury either.  Joan is special, well maybe she does not realize it at first.  But soon she begins to understand.  

    God begins appearing in Joan's life.  Only at first she does not know its God.  As time progresses it is easier for the viewer and for Joan to know when God is appearing to her and giving her the next task at hand to accomplish, which teaches Joan yet another life lesson.  

    However, I would like to break off an idea from the show and play with the idea of, "What if God was one of Us?"  I get this idea, because in the show, God appears as being just an "average Joe" he transforms into a human body and appears to be someone else, whether he is a little girl at a local playground, or an electrician or a school teacher.  This is true in a sense that Jesus is one of us.  He was conceived of the Virgin Mary and became Man, there is the Theology for you!  Then later, when he was around 30 years old, he was crucified, died and was buried and rose on the third day, ascending into heaven.  

    Could it be then that Jesus (God) really is one of us?  Has he physically ever came into our lives posing as someone else?  It surely gives us something to think about does it not?  We believe that God is with us always;  we are never alone; God is always by our side.  So could God be doing to us what he does in the show, Joan of Arcadia?  

    This whole idea brings me to a Spiritual exercise I once took part of led by my now, Mentor Sister...imagine yourself in a shopping center/mall and you can buy whatever you desire.  Once you have yourself totally wrapped up into shopping, buying whatever it is you like, you see Jesus.  You are led to think about what Jesus looks like, what Jesus says to you, what Jesus does.  Jesus reaches out and gives you a hug.  How do you react to this?  

What do you think about, "What if God was One of Us?"

Ciao, KT