Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”
(See how he trusts God going into the darkness! Yet I have so many swords, so many ways I fight the cup God has prepared for me with teeth-gritting resistance.)
“We want Barabbas!”
(How humanity has always- how I have always- begged for that which would harm or kill me)
from the sermon: God works to END our own attempts to make things right in this world. Our best efforts come to nothing. Only God can make it all right.
And how Jesus sets his face towards suffering, towards pouring out
(while I squirm and flail and avoid my own crosses)
and He walks the path through hardship towards peace… for me
and pours Himself out still.. for me
may I be found with open hands, beneath his flood.
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