Jesus said to his disciples, "whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
Often times, especially in movies, but also in daily conversations among men and women, between parents and their children, sometimes out of rashness, often without thinking often without meaning anything, someone will say the phrase, 'for Christ sake.'
Usually, it said in an alarming fashion, and seldom it is meant to actually get the person to think about Christ. It has become a cliche.
Cliches are those things that are so overused that they lack originality and they also lack meaning. They have lost the original force because they were used so often with out meaning.
For instance:
*you couldn't hit the broad side of a barn
*don't count your chickens before they hatch
*don't put all your eggs in one basket
*early bird gets the worm
*good things come to those who wait
*an apple a day keeps the doctor away
*a penny saved is a penny earned
*put the pedal to the metal
*it is raining cats and dogs
And the list goes on an on...
The problem with cliches isn't that they aren't true but that they are so overused that the meaning gets lost. This is the tragedy. They don't mean anything anymore because people no longer take the time to ponder the depth of meaning involved.
Imagine a world where "for Christ sake" has become a cliche. Where is meaning to be found if not in Christ?
In fact, it is, "for Christ sake" which is meant to direct us to what life is about. For the sake of Christ is why we do what we do; it is why we forgive, and love, and laugh and live.
Living for the sake of Christ is a life well lived.
We must rescue the phrase from the roster of cliches and restore it to its original purpose and then perhaps our lives will be restored to their original purpose. For it is only for his sake that we will find it; find what we truly are looking for the joy of living and the beauty of life.
Otherwise our life is just a cliche that ends in the grave
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