I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now;
Matthew 16:24-25
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
1 Corinthians 1:5
For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
Meditate with me, if you will, on the great sacrifice God made one Friday, of how he shares in all the griefs and miseries and pain that humans inflict upon each other, and how he is there with us, always. We are never abandoned. Amen.
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A beautiful meditation. I feel the way to truly know Jesus, You have to know what he went through on the cross.