Most stories about Jesus focus on the wow moments. Water into wine. Walking on water. Raising the dead. Dying on the cross. All true, all powerful, but also heavy.
Because deep down, we know this. We can admire those stories, but we cannot live them. No one today can walk on water. No one can multiply bread with a prayer. So faith slowly becomes admiration from a distance. A beautiful story. An untouchable life.
What’s missing in the telling is His human side. Not the divine acts, but the human choices.
Jesus lived more years quietly than publicly. Most of His life was not miraculous. It was ordinary. He noticed people others ignored. He stopped when someone interrupted Him. He listened before correcting. He ate with people no one wanted to eat with. He protected dignity instead of winning arguments. He chose gentleness even when He had power.
These were not miracles. They were decisions. And those decisions mattered.
We often think the cross was one sudden heroic act, but we don’t wake up one day ready to give our life for others. We grow into it. We start small. We try to be kind when it costs comfort. We try to listen when we’d rather move on. We try to stay when leaving is easier.
Small goodness trains the heart. It stretches patience. It builds compassion. It strengthens love quietly. Over time, the heart levels up.
So when a harder call comes, standing up for someone, losing something important, choosing love over self, it doesn’t feel foreign anymore. It feels familiar.
Maybe that’s why focusing only on the wow deeds hurts people more than it helps. We love the story, but we give up on living it. We think Christ-likeness begins with the impossible. It doesn’t.
It begins with trying to be human well.
Holiness is not first about dying on a cross. It is about trying to live daily life with love, consistently and quietly. Jesus did not come only to be admired. He came to be followed. Not in miracles, but in the small, ordinary choices that slowly turn a human heart into something strong enough to give itself away.
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