A Sunday In Easter Season Thought: What Does Imitating Christ's Life Really Mean
We read or hear that we our lives should imitate Christ's life. Seems a bit bold, even harsh, for those of us who know we are sinners. Could even seem absurd. But, no, that really is what we need to do. Problem is what exactly does it mean to imitate Christ's life, being the sinners we are? And not only is the meaning a bit befuddling, but were we to explain clearly what it means, we're still left with exactly how we go about doing this. Wait, maybe a softer way to state the case might work here. We could adjust this to our life should somehow imitate Christ's life. Better? Not really. Even if the softer version does seem a bit more realistic - "somehow" - we still face the dilemma of deciding on the meaning of the softer version, as well as the matter of "how." So for those of us sinners who care, or maybe dare is a better word, to taker seriously this call to imitate the life of Christ, it seems we need something we can wrap our minds around, so...
