Ever stub your toe? Of course you have I think we all do it from time to time. I think it is possibly one of the most painful things that happen to us. Taking into account how often it happens and the level of pain received comparing it to other things like broken bones, or other serious injuries. And to make matters worse, you feel so stupid. If you don't then your not thinking about it enough. Because if you think about it, you failed at walking!! Something that you have been doing for all but a year or two of your life. With that much practice, you can't hide, and are out of excuses.
The last time I remember stubbing my toe was while at Grand Haven beach, MI. I was walking the pier barefoot of course when out of nowhere my whole world was gone, and all there was left was pain. Throbbing pain in my foot, in my toe. Yes while enjoying a beautiful day watching the waves crash and fishermen fish, I had done it. I had failed at walking. I lost all control and no one would be proud of the indecipherable vocabulary of half scream, half swearing that was escaping from my mouth. Just saying the phrase "peeled my toe nail back" makes you squirm and second think reading this doesn't it? Feeling stupid as I realize that yelling only called attention to the people who didn't see my failure I limped back to my beach chair and cracked a beer to help with the pain. Of course I'm only reminded of my blunder for a few days a week or so at most with every step I take.
As Christians we believe in a lot of things. Some are easy to understand, and others require a significant amount of faith. In this case, faith meaning "I accept this as truth even though I don't fully understand it." Things like the trinity, God being three in one. He is God the Father, Jesus the Savior, and The Holy Spirit God in us. He is all of those things and he is one, not separate from each other. A very confusing concept that is accepted by most if not all Christians. On top of all that, Christ was also all God, and all man. Meaning that he was 100% the Son of God, and 100% human. Now logically this makes no sense. A mathematician would have no problem disproving this fact as myth. So we leave it to faith. And I'm fine with that.
Although I do think that Christians prefer to put more emphasis on the God part of Christ minimalizeing the human part as much as possible. You see it everywhere from Hollywood movies to the pulpit on Sunday mornings. Maybe its a macho thing. The Church has always been run by mostly male influence even nowadays. Does it make us feel like our God is inferior to others in some way? Like our God has a cryptonite and others don't. That could be, and the God side of Christ is extremely important without it the resurrection would have been pretty tough! But I think we are neglecting a very important side of our God. A very comforting notion. He knows what its like to be us!!
The one big thing to remember is that Jesus was perfect, he never sinned. But he still went through everything we go through. When this subject is talked about you usually hear about when He was tempted by the devil in the desert. (Mark 1:14). But even though this is the only time we really hear about temptation, I'm willing to bet it wasn't the only time.
Now take into account how much we walk nowadays. Now think about what it was like in Jesus' time. Take away the cars, the bikes, trains, etc. They walked everywhere! With the occasional camel or donkey and a boat ride here and there, but the point is they did a lot of walking. Also the road conditions of the time, clay or dirt, probably a lot of sharp loose rocks. At best they wore sandals, not the most protective of footwear, plus its easy to catch the front on something. I'm guessing mostly here but their feet were probably not in the best shape due to being exposed to the elements and no lotions or pedeggs were available in those days. Now, given all these factors I'd say its entirely possible that Jesus Christ stubbed his toes not just once, but multiple times! How cool is that?!!?
He truly knows where we are comming from. No matter what issue you are having, he can honestly identify! How hard is it when you're having a really bad day and you need someone to talk to and the only person you can find has never been in that situation. They just don't get it and rarely offer much comfort. But he does get it, he knows what its like to be mocked, to be hated, I'm sure he had plenty of bad days. He got tired, frustrated, weak. I take great comfort in this. I can feel his hand upon my shoulder, comforting me, he's telling me "I know, I know, it sucks. But its going to be okay. I'm here."
Recomended reading: Isaiah 53
