How ironic Holy Week is. How sad but glorious. How promising. And How much love is poured out!!!
All in the name of us prodigal children.
Jesus’ back bent carrying the cross that we made Him carry. And yet Jesus said (Matthew 11:29) “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble…” His pain for our pain.
Jesus ultimately carried the heaviest load, not just the cross but my sin.
Love that’s truly cruciform, is truly vulnerable enough — that the heart gets hurt.” Ann Voskamp (Sam)
I know what Holy Week means. Well on paper. Do I truly feel the emotion? The pain? The love?
I’ve read the book. I know the ending. It would be a sad story without us knowing the ending. Spoiler Alert- Christ wins!
So reading further, it says Jesus walked into a realm of submission and surrendered to His Father. “Thy will be done…” (Matt 6:10) God let Jesus lay down His own life to bring us home. Gods Only Son. What love!
Jesus knew.
It was an emotional gloomy week. He knew what awaited Him.
I’ve had enough situations in my life that i had dreaded only to find out the outcome was worth it. Like my first day of sobriety. Thankfully, My life was saved through an intervention. But it saved my life. What if my life had not been spared? Would my purpose have been thwarted? How about those times where I eventually led someone to You, oh Lord and the time I baptized my mom. What would have happened if I had not been here? That may not even be the reason or my purpose. Maybe I will never know!
Like wise, what will my life ask of me?
I hear many times in the healing rooms, some of my hardest days will come during my sobriety journey. I think about the disciples and their life sharing the love and resurrection of Jesus. It wasn’t easy.
I’ve seen myself get off the floor from fighting on my knees through prayer. I have laid prostrate begging to get sober, as well most days now on my knees having an intimate talk with God.
I just need to pick up my cross and walk. My God awaits me. He is my love.
Oh yes, life is still out there!
Her Broken wing 