Of course, being a cat, he doesn't care what gets in his way so the beast moved the Pyrex glass pitcher out of it's way. The thing about flooring in Miami is that there is no carpet and there is no vinyl flooring. It's all hard ceramic tile, which is not a good mix with kids and apparently cats, when it comes to glass dishes. The pitcher ended up falling out of cabinet, bounced off of the dish drainer full of clean dishes and smashed onto the floor breaking into a million pieces, waking everyone up.
It reminded me of what Jesus said in Matthew 21:44 ~
"Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
He was speaking to the religious leaders of the day, talking about how the Kingdom of Heaven would be taken away from them and given to others who would produce fruit. It seems Jesus was pretty hard on those who were entrusted with God's work, feeling like they were not doing their job. They were in their positions for their own benefit, not looking out for the poor, widowed, orphaned and sick.
The good news is that we can learn from the mistakes of the religious leaders of Jesus' day. You see, we are all leaders, Paul said "follow me, as I follow Christ" and even if you didn't realize it, someone is following you. It might be your own kids, or the neighbor kids or a subordinate at work or an under class mate. Someone is following you. As we realize our leadership, we can either become enamored by our own power or we can lead out of brokenness. The brokenness of falling on the Rock (Jesus) is realizing that we cannot do it. That no matter how much or how little experience we have following Jesus, if we try to lead outside of that brokenness, we will fail.
Please pray, as we start this outreach to the poor and as we start a church out of the culture of Miami, that we walk in that brokenness every day so we wont get crushed.
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