This mortal life will never be ours to fully direct. I have given my best effort to influence it’s course, but there are too many other variables that impact my life which are out of my control. From the start it was obvious that this is true because I did not have any power over and no one asked my preference regarding the place or family I was born into. Since then, many different factors have affected my life, my heart & my character, including natural occurrences, others & their actions/inactions, time, etc. Out of this have come many beautiful things but also many sorrowful & painful things. It seems like this life is always a mixture of the two.The beauty is easy. It’s the suffering that’s hard to accept Because of this, we are left with a decision. How do I deal with my hurt? I only really have control over my heart and attitude and I can decide how to help both. I can self soothe, self medicate, self comfort through a number of methods that insulate, numb, distract. None of these though, will provide what I really need. I need life. Not earthly life which dying. Real life. And real life is Love. “This is is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. 1John3:16 He’s perfect for my need. He showed me how He dealt with pain. In the midst of ultimate pain on the Cross, he was offered a drink twice. Only one was laced with myrrh for pain relief “…they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.” Mark 15:23. He refused to be desensitized. He took on the complete experience with the intent of giving me real Life/Love. He wanted me to have freedom from the need to only exist in this life attempting to provide my own joy between the hardship. He wanted me to have His Life. My hope for escape was accomplished by His victory over Death through His Life which He laid down out of Love. In doing so, He constructed a spiritual bridge out of Love on which I could ?Cross? over from death to Life.
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.” John 5:24
Love Always???