Sunday, September 22, 2013

Christians considering divorce

So...at church this morning the pastor talked about a church that suffered.  First they had a leader fall from grace and then had a shooting in their sanctuary.  Following this the musicians wrote a song focused on overcoming.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJvqQjaz87I In the past I have thought of Christ overcoming as him being risen from the dead.  For whatever reason, this morning it struck me different.  Christ allowed himself to suffer.  He allowed his hands to be nailed to a tree.  He allowed himself to be mocked.  He allowed his side to be pierced.  He had power to stop all of this with a word and he chose not to.  He had the ability to escape the pain and he overcame by staying in the uncomfortable situation (understatement).  Just wanted to share the thought. 

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