Dearly Beloved,
Jesus Christ always seemed a paradox to me. He was of the world yet not from it. Fully man and fully divine. The Son of Man and the Son of God. The One existing at the foundation of the world and being the begotten One from the womb of a woman to become One of a Triune in the Holy Trinity.
The paradox of Jesus Christ is profoundly manifested in his ministry. A King born to poverty. A Brother to the excluded and marginalized. A Healer to the broken. A perfect sacrifice willingly offered to the ambivalence of a self seeking world.
The Prince of Peace comes into the world wielding a sword to turn children against mothers and fathers is the most frightening paradox of all.
Our Muslim brothers and sisters will tell you that the literal definition of Islam is submission and its practice is freedom.
Jesus Christ always seemed a paradox to me. He was of the world yet not from it. Fully man and fully divine. The Son of Man and the Son of God. The One existing at the foundation of the world and being the begotten One from the womb of a woman to become One of a Triune in the Holy Trinity.
The paradox of Jesus Christ is profoundly manifested in his ministry. A King born to poverty. A Brother to the excluded and marginalized. A Healer to the broken. A perfect sacrifice willingly offered to the ambivalence of a self seeking world.
The Prince of Peace comes into the world wielding a sword to turn children against mothers and fathers is the most frightening paradox of all.
Our Muslim brothers and sisters will tell you that the literal definition of Islam is submission and its practice is freedom.
All Jesus Christ asks of us is to let him share the load of our burdens. Our failure to heed this call is the greatest paradox of all. Like Charles Dickens character Morley's Ghost, we refuse to loosen the chains of steadfast selfishness condemning us to lives of terrible privation. Its by letting go that we gain. Its is by letting God that we empower ourselves.
Welcome the paradox of a peace that passes all understanding. Guided by nothing more then the light of Christ in our hearts more will be revealed to the People of the Way as we sojourn on to Canaan.
Selah
Peace and prayers to all the beloved.
Welcome the paradox of a peace that passes all understanding. Guided by nothing more then the light of Christ in our hearts more will be revealed to the People of the Way as we sojourn on to Canaan.
Selah
Peace and prayers to all the beloved.
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