Saturday, December 26, 2009

Jesus lived, Jesus wept, Jesus died...

Throughout the ages, people has screamed at God, they're souls cried out to Him, "Where are you? Can you even see us? Who do you think you are, you have no idea whats going on down here! You can't see what I'm seeing, you can't feel what I'm feeling, you don't experience what I experience!"

But during Jesus' time, there was a hush in the bible. An almost serene quietness as creation in all its glory and pain held its breath as it experienced God entering the world as a human.

A baby boy, screaming for his mothers warmth and milk.
A little boy learning to crawl, walk, speak, potty.
A teenager going through the hormonal changes, maybe pimples, boredom, learning the customs.
A young man learning a trade, banging his thumb with a hammer, learning one step at a time.
An adult experiencing grief at a death of a friend, pain at the journey of a nation, the joy of watching children.
A man wronged, cheated, hurt, betrayed, tortured, and executed.

The God of the universe became human, and we no longer have an out by screaming at Him our frustration at His lack of empathy. Out of love for us he became one of us, so he could experience what we experience, hurt like we hurt, see like we see, love like we love, grieve like we grieve, and die like we die.

He came back to life, and because He is God, he is outside of time. That means he still knows exactly how we feel, exactly what we experience, exactly how we ache, exactly how we cry, exactly how we struggle and tire. All the time.

Jesus died for you? Jesus lived for you!

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