Now That's a BIG Baby!

JaMichael Brown entered the world last Friday in Longview, Texas. Now when I think of Texas, I think BIG. Well to say JaMichael was a big baby may be somewhat of an understatement. This "little" guy tipped the scales at a whopping 16 pounds and 1 ounce!  His birth weight won't go into the Guinness Book of World Records (the heaviest newborn of record was born to an Ohio couple back in 1879 weighing an astonishing 23 pounds and 12 ounces!) - but he may just set a Texas state record! In any case,16 pounds is a lot of baby!

News items like this are quick to catch our attention (at least they do mine!). Why? Because such a birth is "out of the norm" (my guess is that JaMichael's weight puts him off the charts when compared with other newborns). And so .... all of a sudden a little baby born in Longview, Texas (where is Longview?) gets noticed!

I want to call all of us who claim to be followers of Jesus to live "out of the norm." Not in some sort of crazy and weird manner. But in a way that shows that we belong to Christ!  To find out how to live in such a way .... spend some time in the gospels (and then the rest of the New Testament). And if you truly love Jesus, then put into practice what you read!

Thanks for stopping by . . .

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