How Big is Your But?

I am a complainer. There I've admitted it. For anyone who knows me, knows that I sometimes enjoy a good rant. A good "tell it like it is" session. And sometimes I cling to those moments, and enjoy them a little too much.

I saw Bob Fitts last night and he had an amazing exercise - one that I want to start in my life. The exercise is called - How big is your but.. And it is based on this passage:


John 16:33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

Troubles come to all of us, every day, in many shapes and forms. The dog eats your homework, your sister steals the last of the favorite cereal, you miss the bus, or you sleep through your alarm, your best friend gets mad at you, you loose something very precious to you, you wake up in a funk, you have less $$ in the bank than you need. All of those things can trouble us, keep us from seeking Jesus, and give us depression and anxiety. The message in this verse is to remember that there is always a BIG BUT.. Jesus has overcome the world, He has set us free from our sin, He has made a way to the Father, He has adopted us as His own, He has moved heaven and earth for us, He is coming again soon to collect His children. All these things are amazing buts. No matter what the day, no matter what the situation, the Buts that we have in Jesus are SOOOO much bigger than our situations. Just how big is your but?