What would you do if you knew you had only 24 hours to live? Maybe you would try to do something you have always wanted to do, like sky dive or visit some place. Or maybe try to see people important to you. Eat at your favorite place. Watch the sunset and the sunrise.
Would you wash the feet of your friends? Would you give yourself up to authorities and let them take you away to certain death, knowing you had the power to get out of it?
Jesus went into the garden to pray. He was in agony over what was about to occur. He knew His death was coming in the matter of hours, and He even told his friends about it, and they were nowhere to be found. Yet, He continued on.
In this season of Lent I take time to meditate on that fact that all the human emotions that you and I feel when gripped with sadness, pain, dread, and agony were felt by Jesus. He didn't escape those emotions for a purpose. Jesus made himself like us so that we could relate to him. He didn't keep himself above us, but rather beneath us, to endure the worst on our behalf.
It continues to astound me that it was all for the love of us. His love is really that deep, true, and pure. Everything we need. Honestly, it is hard to fathom such a love, because our love tends to be so conditional.
During this season of Lent, let this love wrap around you and allow the actions of Jesus to build in your heart an example to live by.
His divine power gives us everything we need for life. -II Peter 1.3
What a great reminder! I love that you are doing this blog Kacie! :)
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