Our Father is *not* normal...

That is, He doesn't operate in normal ways.

We have a Father who likes weather patterns to change every 3 months. And that is normal, supposedly. Then He changes the weather in places like Texas, where you have 8 months of summer, 2 months of winter, and 2 months of something in between. Our Father makes the leaves of the trees to fall in the Autumn and then has them grow new ones (a symbol of the resurrection!) in the spring, with blossoms to boot. But then He has also made the Pine Trees, the trees of East Texas, which (unless they're dead) do not change colors or lose their "leaves." They just stay green all of the time.

We have a Father who decided that in order to save His people, He would have His Son -- God -- become a MAN and come down and live among us, and die. And then, He would be resurrected. Who ever thought of that? Dying, and then living again? I don't think we can call that normal.

We have a Father who exists in a 3-way relationship. The Trinity. He is 3, but He's also One. Huh?

We have a Father who calls us to Himself every Lord's Day to sing His praises in the heavens, who brings us to His Table for fellowship, where we partake of the body and blood of His Son. Is that normal? Oh, and while we're there, we're communing with the saints who have come before us. Wow.

We have a Father who accepts us as His people because the blood of His Son and our Savior covers our sins. We would say that no one in their right mind would accept such a wicked people as friends. No normal person would let thieves, liars, cheaters, and sinners in general sit at a table with him/her. Right?

No normal person.

Thank goodness our Father isn't normal.