Galatians 1:3-4 CSB

[3] Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, [4] who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father. 

I hear people talk about the cross and how it has affected or is affecting their lives and often in my mind I wonder how true that is.  Be assured it’s not to diminish any person or their interactions with the cross or Jesus.  The reason that the wonder comes about is that I rarely hear passion in the subject.

I’m convicted of this in myself often.  Is it enough to say Jesus died for my sins if it has a flippant air to it? It doesn’t come through in writing but when I actually think of what Jesus went through I am truly broken.

If I’m flippant with that it makes me sick. 

What Jesus did was brutally mentally crushing,.  It was brutally demeaning and physically damaging.  It was gastly and devastating.  It was excruciatingly painful in ways that we can’t imagine. 

What Jesus did was was also the most beautiful and intimate act ever perpetrated on us.

Jesus came from on high became a man, one of us.  Oh He was much more have no doubt.  That’s why He came.  Because we were/are not more.

He was mocked and He loved.

He was beaten and He loved.

He was spit upon and He loved.

He was falsely accused and He loved.

He was unjustly sentenced and He loved.

He was forced to carry His cross in would be shame and He loved.

He was crucified and He loved.

He rose again on the 3rd day and he loved.

He rose again on the 3rd day and He LOVES!

I have lied and He loves me.

I have stolen and He loves me.

I have hated (murdered) and He loves me.

I have not honored my father and my mother and He loves me.

I have lusted (adultery in the heart), coveted and committed idolatry and He loves me.

I have not loved the LORD my GOD and He loves me.

I have blasphemed His very name and He loves me.

Knowing this, it is not enough to just not be flippant.  I need to be shouting His praises.

Often, I don’t do that and He loves me.

Change my heart, oh God!

I hope this finds you well.

Love in Christ

Colby