The Terrible Humanity of Christ
Holy Week is the perfect time to reflect on the humanity of Christ. Not just that he was made human, but what that means for us. He sanctified all aspects of human experience from birth to death, joy to sorrow. He is the perfect advocate because He lived and struggled as we do. And I think many of us talk about it, but I, at least, didn't often meditate on what that meant in regards to my daily life. "Pick up your cross, and follow me," sure. "Love others as I have loved you," sure. But to embrace the weakness that Christ suffered, that's harder. To embrace that even Jesus needed people in his last days.... not so much. I have always been the strong one, the one with the answers, the helper, healer, and fixer. And yet, Christ asks me -- asks us -- to recognize that He never said that we had to do these things in isolation, and he never modeled an isolative ministry. Even his very nature as Second Person of the Trinity is not in isolation. He did not come in...