To Kiss A Frog

To Kiss a Frog

Greet each other with Christian love.

1 Peter 5:14

Do you ever feel like a frog? Frogs feel slow, low, ugly, puffy, drooped, pooped. I know. One told me.

The frog feeling comes when you want to be bright but feel dumb; when you want to share but are selfish; when you want to be thankful but feel resentment; when you want to be great but are small; when you want to care but are indifferent. Yes, at one time or another each of us has found himself on a lily pad, floating down the great river of life. Frightened and disgusted, we are too froggish to budge.

Once upon a time there was a frog, only he was not really a frog; he was a prince who looked and felt like a frog. The wicked witch had cast a spell on him, and only the kiss of a beautiful maiden could save him. But since when do cute chicks kiss frogs? So there he sat, an unkissed prince in frog form.

One day a beautiful maiden gathered him up and gave him a big smack! Zap! There he was, a frog turned handsome prince, and they lived happily ever after.

So what is the task of the Christian? Kissing frogs, of course!

Well-known minister Rick Atchley says, “Jesus didn’t come to make freaks out of people; he came to make people out of freaks.” And each of us, as sinners, is a freak (or frog) until we are kissed by the love of Jesus Christ, touched by his grace and beauty, redeemed and blessed. Then, and only then, can we look into the mirror and see a prince or princess who reflects the glory of Christ.

So, pucker up, honey! Get out there and kiss a few frogs for the Lord.

—Bruce Larson

O Lord, I love you, and I want to help you touch the lives of sinners and help to draw them into your Kingdom of love. Please give me the courage to share your love with others. Amen.