Where I Am Today

Lately my reading and focus has been on the cross. More specifically, Christ's sayings on the cross. It's a humbling thing to read about what He went through and then read what He said about those who were punishing Him. His concern was not for Himself, but for those nearby, whether it was His mother, the Roman guards, or John the beloved disciple. In the near future I will be writing about a few of those sayings and what they mean to me but today I just wish to share that the cross is where I am at. You may think it odd that, at Christmas time, I am focused on the cross. But didn't the babe in the manger grow up to be the man on the cross? Was this not the ultimate purpose of His birth? The irony that, in His death, He birthed a new family made of Jews and Gentiles into one new body. It is His body designed to fulfill His will on this Earth. We talk of being His hands and feet, but how often do we fulfill that? How often do we let His words reign in our hearts and minds so that our hearts are filled with them and they pour out due to an overflow of abundance? May today find us speaking His truth in love to those who need it most.