today i look like a leaf

i didn't know what i was going to wear this morning (after i slept through my 8:00-despite my rooomate trying to wake me up/shaking me/speaking loudly- i just turned over, moaned something like, "i let you sleep in last week..." and going back to sleep...)
i was glad though, because the extra two hours were wonderful, i woke up feeling refreshed, and had a rather enjoyable day...
i think it was partially because i dressed kind of like a leaf
it was a little chilly out so i pulled out my orange, long sleeved fall looking shirt, put a brown tee-shirt underneath for a super-stylish layering effect, and felt very festively fall...
someone even told me i looked like a leaf...
yes...
look accomplished...

today i was reading in Matthew 5
so often i do not realize the power of Christ's words. i have them in this category of sunday school cartoons or softly spoken suggestions...
they are so unlike those things

"unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven..."

"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'you shall not murder," BUT I SAY to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgement..."

over and over, Matthew writes, "It was said....BUT I SAY...."you have heard that it was said...BUT I SAY..."

it is a standard that can only be achieved through Christ...through his righteousness.


These words are so radical
challenging
impossible
only accomplished because of Christ's righteousness.

Jesus also says..
love your enemies.
pray for those who persecute you
which is exactly what he did for us
Romans 5:10
"For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life."
may i be one who loves
selflessly
-apart from my convenience and comfort.