Grin Idiotically

Someone posted this on "the city" where I work and I thought this was SO dead on... I hope they don't mind me relaying this to you.
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“The oddest thing in the world … is a cheerless Christian.” That’s what the article from The Anglican Digest said. And why is that so? Because the Bible says:

“There is … now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” We of all people have been set free from the weight of sin and death!

My sister sent me the article because she’s a lay reader and her church, and she says when she reads a Scripture like that, she wonders why people don’t break into cheers, or at least sit there and grin idiotically.

Then last night at my church’s Ash Wednesday service, our Pastor Alan preached on Colossians 1:21-22, which says, “You, who once were … enemies … yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight.”

What do you know? Cheers and shouts of praise broke out! Yes! We are redeemed! And as the officiant marked the ashes on my forehead, he said, “There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ…” My heart leapt inside my chest, seriously, I must have been grinning idiotically, and thank God the next step was to kneel before the cross, because I could hardly have stood.

Even this morning, in my time with Jesus, I was telling Him about it and confessed the possibility that all I could do today was grin at Him idiotically, and He seemed to say that was fine — it’s what people in love do some times.

So why not spend a few minutes grinning in idiotic gratitude at the Savior today, and realize He’s grinning idiotically back at you. Because He loves you!
-Jax Hill