The Love Of Christ

Hey everyone and anyone! Well first off, I couldn't take it anymore, the horrible lack of comfort was too much. The Beard *sigh* is gone. Oh well though.

On a serious matter though. The matter which has given this entry the title "The Love of Christ". It might sound like a redundant phrase to many Christians and Christian-ease Linguists alike, but this week it hit me on a new level.

It seems like when we think of the love of Christ the Atonement, him dying on the cross for our sins, is the first thing that comes to mind. It is for me anyways, and out of all honesty after five years of growing as a Christian I hate to say that I have become calloused in that thought, image or idea. And after I realized that this week I began to understand a lot more about the love of Christ.

First of all, after it was ordained for him to be crucified,Christ pleaded with God to not go to the cross for OUR downfalls and mistakes. In Luke chapter 22, verse 42, Jesus prays that God would "take this cup" from him. That he would make it so that he didn't have to die, or die in the way he would have to. An Angel appeared to strengthen him, and in his deep, deep anguish he continued to pray all the harder. So hard was he praying and such stress he was in, his "sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground". And when I meditate on what this means, when I seek comprehension on this situation, it is a heart felt pain I find. One that puts my life and the decisions I make into perspective. But it is also a pain on more than just an emotional level, a spiritual level too.

Imagine your best friend seeing you about to be killed in the most gruesome way because of the wrongs you've committed. You're standing at the feet of an executioner that wants nothing but to bring you pain, torment and suffering. So much agony actually, that it will lead to your death, instead of just killing you right off the get go. Now imagine your best friend stepping into your place and saying "NO! Take my life instead!" Your friend is put through the most horrible death, as an innocent person, for your wrong doings. For one that is why I will forever PRAISE JESUS, and secondly, that is what Christ did for us. Not willingly, not out of selfish ambission or vain conceit. But out of Love. His Love.

For some this is painful to imagine. But is incredibly sobering to understand. Writing this brings me pain through comprehension, but joy in understanding that Christ Loves me, Loves us. And in a way that is not just emotional, but spiritual.

Thank you for reading this. If you have questions, please e mail me. If you have never understood what it means to have Christ in your Life and Heart, please email me.

Mitch

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