Lent 2016 (C) 2016-03-25: Reading the Lectionary with my family
(I encourage you to read the full text. Hold me accountable if you feel it has not been handled well. It is what Scripture means when it says to wrestle with the Bible and mentally struggle with it and inwardly digest it.)
#GoodFriday. The day Love became unimaginable!
Today we approach the Cross. Jesus has suffered every human abuse and indignity and now He must die. We can approach this grasping our thick theological texts, which vainly attempt to harness, control, contain and explain a God nailed to a Cross. Or we can stand and wonder at this truth: He still loves us.
#DavidCrowder: Come as you are. (click here)
Today we approach the Cross. Jesus has suffered every human abuse and indignity and now He must die. We can approach this grasping our thick theological texts, which vainly attempt to harness, control, contain and explain a God nailed to a Cross. Or we can stand and wonder at this truth: He still loves us.
As we approach the Cross in this reality we humbly confess three truths:
- this really happened.
- this was essentially necessary because of me and for me.
- this was done out of Love incomprehensible.
I am loved. You are loved. How awesomely unimaginable is that? He still loves us.
Thank you God, the Father; thank you God, the Holy Spirit; thank you God, Jesus, the Son for loving each of us that much. You take this sinner that comes to You, You love, and in divine Love what You created us to be is who we become. That truth and transformation is the awesome wonder of the Cross. Thank you God for loving us that much. To say we love Jesus is to say we will take up the Cross we encounter today and will lay down our lives and love those whom Jesus loves.
The question of the passion of Christ is "Do you love me?" Is our response no or is it yes?
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The question of the passion of Christ is "Do you love me?" Is our response no or is it yes?
For today's full-text click here
