The donkey and the elephant don’t ask for much

Jesus asks for a lot — the whole you. No missing parts. No walling off sections of your life. All of it. And he calls on his followers to pick up their crosses too — the thing that will kill them — and to carry those things. He calls on us to be transformed. That’s costly. There’s no hidden fees with Jesus. No fine print. No unexpected terms and conditions. It’s all out there — right up front. The lamb is interested in fooling anyone.

It is so much more preferable to put our hope and faith in the donkey and the elephant, rather than the lamb — or so…