{"id":1125,"date":"2008-03-25T00:31:05","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T00:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2008\/03\/what-does-jesus-look-like.html"},"modified":"2008-03-25T00:31:05","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T00:31:05","slug":"what-does-jesus-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2008\/03\/what-does-jesus-look-like.html","title":{"rendered":"What does Jesus look like?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does Jesus look like?
\nHe looks like this:
\n\"easter2-tm.jpg\"
\nMy only question is which one is he?
\nThe reality is that Jesus is both.
\nJesus is the poor and the broken and lonely and the lost.
\nJesus is the lover and the defender and the one who lifts when we have nothing left.
\nJesus is the lion and the lamb.
\nSo here is the story of the picture.
\nMy friend Carlos is a pastor at a snazzy church in Atlanta, in Buckhead. I’ve never been there but the brochure looks nice. It is high tech and cutting edge and all that stuff. The altar looks like a cool concert stage. Carlos fits. He’s cool. He was on a TV show called LA Ink that chronicled the creation of the grand art he has inked into his arm – a massive tattoo showing Paul’s meeting with the Lord. This background is necessary for this:<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m in verse 2 and I look to my left and am hit like a blind side pick and roll.
\nSwaying on the front row was a guy I later learned was named Matt.
\nStanding in front of him was another guy named Jefferson.
\nIt was a moment that stands out above all else in my 11 years of leading worship.
\nYou see Matt and Jefferson were worshipping God, together.
\nLiterally.
\nJefferson has severe cerebral palsy. He has little, if any control over his body.
\nMatt was standing behind Jefferson.
\nHolding Jefferson.
\n20 minutes.
\nDancing with Jefferson and singing at the top of his lungs.
\nJefferson was singing too. I think could hear him.
\nAnd it was the most beautiful song I have ever heard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Andrew Sullivan linked to it <\/a>and wrote this: [It is] Easter in an image.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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