April 15, 2006

• Good Friday

  Mary:
  My Son… when, where, how… will You choose to be delivered of this?

  This line, from The Passion of the Christ,
  stuck out to me when I first saw it.  It helped me to see more
  clearly that Jesus was not just sent to die, but that He chose it
  willingly.  He chose the path of surrender.  He chose to
  submit to His Father’s will.

  True, at any time He could have called down 10,000 angels to deliver
  Himself.  He could have chosen the easy way out.  He could
  have become King immediately, and rightfully so, as it was His right
  and His place to be ruler of all.  But He gave up that which was
  promised to Him and instead took the pain of humiliation, torture, and abandonement. 

  He chose the cross.  He became the face of shame.

  Pastor Doug exhorted the men at men’s group this past week to praise the man
  Jesus.  He asked us to focus on the Son of Man, as opposed to the
  Son of God.  My response was:

  “I praise you Jesus for your courage
  and your faithfulness.  You have been an example for us all.”

  
  
  and just for the record, just so you know, i did not believe, that you could sink so low

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