Pick and Mix

It's Sunday, so time to catch up with God and friends. I'm listening to a talk from a church in Leeds (thanks internet) to learn more about Jesus, whom I have grown to love and am constantly amazed by.

But it's so easy to say this.

Am I really truly submitting my life to Jesus, the only reaction that would be appropriate after all that He has given up for me?
Yes, I marvel at the miracles He does. Yes, I am happy about my answered prayers. But sometimes I wonder... it's so easy to take the things about Him that I like, to take the blessings and say, thank you, oh, that's nice - but that doesn't mean I'm actually following Him. Because that would mean risking that He might say things I do not like, or that He might want me to do things I do not want to do.

It might mean washing other people's feet. It might mean changing my priorities to make time for others. Being ready to commit acts of kindness. Or admitting that I'm not perfect, and need other people's help. It means loving people that take it for granted, and loving people who don't listen to me. Those who wind me up and who look down on me.

It's so radical... am I radical enough?