Drama

dra·ma:

 [drah-muh,dram-uh ]any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional,conflicting, or striking interest or results:
So drama...
I'm so not a fan.
Confrontation makes me queasy. Yeah and then I do a goofy nervous laugh.
And I think I've spent far too many years trying to avoid it.
I mean we've certainly had our share of dramatic moments over the years, but it's never something I've accepted as the norm.
My thoughts have always been to just push past the dramatic situation to get to the good stuff. Drama always had a negative tone in my opinion. I wanted life to be easy, effortless and in all honesty terribly boring.
But lately I'm rethinking that.
I find that we've been thrown into a whirlwind with Bitty, and dude that is def some drama. Drama that I never wanted. Drama that I don't feel like we did anything to cause. Drama that to be honest I've been bitter about having to deal with.
I mean I read my Bible. I go to church. I pray. I love Jesus.
So shouldn't I be drama free at some point?
When I write that out, it sounds even more crazy.
I mean I read my Bible. What Bible character ever had a drama free life?
Seriously?
Issac was put on an altar.
David was run out of his country.
Moses was a baby left in a river.
Job was, well, that's some drama.
Lazarus died and then came back.
Jesus sweat blood.
And here I am with my queasy pity party about my very cush life.
Jesus had drama. I mean serious for real drama.
He knew the drama was coming. He didn't run. He didn't hide from it. He decided that it was worth it. He decided that I was worth it...
How humbling is that?!
So that's the difference. Jesus loved me so much that he didn't care about the drama it took to save me.
It was never about the drama. It was always about love.
Love means being passionate. Love means picking up a cross. Love means there will be drama.
Drama with a purpose.
Jesus' is passionate about saving people, about fighting for people. And I'm a Jesus follower. His passions are my passions.
I'm working to accept that drama isn't a bad thing when it's for something worth being dramatic about. I'm working to trust God and know that He's got this. That if He brings drama into my life then I can trust Him with it.
And to see what lies behind the drama, love.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8