[JohnHuang2]

A driveby:

Thank God for people like Steve and the wonderful work he does. May God richly bless him, and you, LadyX. And please thank him for sharing the photos with us. The rainbow photo was awesome. My thoughts and my prayers go with the victims of Charley.

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[The Mayor]

August 22, 2004

The Humanity Of Jesus

Read: Hebrews 2:9-18

We do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses. —Hebrews 4:15

Bible In One Year: Psalms 110-112; 1 Corinthians 5

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I once overheard this comment about a person who was always critical: "The trouble with him is that he's forgotten what it's like to be human!" How easily we forget our past struggles and become unsympathetic toward those who are struggling today. But there's one who hasn't forgotten what it's like to be human—Jesus.

In Hebrews 2:9-18, we "see" Jesus' humanity more fully. As a man, He was able by God's grace to experience death in our place. And during His earthly life Jesus was made perfect through His sufferings (v.10). But there's more. "Both [Jesus] who sanctifies and [we] who are being sanctified are all of one." Because of this oneness, Jesus is not ashamed to call us brothers and sisters (v.11).

In a body like ours, Jesus lived, worked, and overcame every obstacle, so He knows what it's like to be one of us. Having passed through all these experiences without sinning, He then went to heaven and is now our approachable High Priest at the throne of grace (vv.17-18; 4:14-16).

We all need someone who knows what it's like to be human yet has limitless power to help us overcome our human weaknesses. Jesus is that one. He longs to hear us speak His name and ask for His help. —Joanie Yoder

God lived as man, as one of us,
And understands our need for grace;
He is not distant nor detached
From all the trials that we face. —Sper

No one understands like Jesus.

[Aquamarine]

Good Morning (((JohnHuang2))).

I agree, thank God for people like Steve. Who knows, he may come to our rescue one day.

[LadyX]

Steve was very sincere in attributing his ability to handle this trying and stressful ordeal to the power of prayers for them, and wanting me to convey his thanks.

He truly has a heart for God, and for people, in past years going on medical missions to South and Central America.

Needless to say, his DMAT unit will now not be going to the Republican National Convention next week, as was the plan early in the summer. There are units all over the United States available to handle possible mass casualties from any cause.

Thank you, too, for lifting up my sister, newly diagnosed with cancer. She and I are the last of our immediate family generation, our parents and 'middle' sister, Carolyn, already gone.