By God...

There are a lot of really smart folks in this world who have taken on the issues of the cross. Since Mel Gibson's film has been out, I've heard several different discussions concerning "why Jesus had to die". Most all of them have been excellent discussions containing what seem to be very valid points...yet no one of them seem to be exactly right or seem to get exactly to the heart of the thing.

So...you're expecting me to? Yeah right!

The thing is, it is a higher thing...

But I still have something to say about it, OF COURSE! Did you really think I'd be quite? Come on!

Ok, here's what I see in it. I see someone who loves me, and I ignored him. And so he introduced himself to me and I said, "nice to meet you" and went on about life. But he loved me, so he tried to walk with me, but not in the paths I wanted, so he bothered me. And on and on, he reached out to me and I became more and more violent in my protests until finally...he was screaming "I love you!" and I was screaming "I hate you!". We were locked in battle...and I did what I had to do to win. I finished the business.

But by God, he keeps coming back.

He loved in his woundedness. He loved in his death. He never, never stopped. He wins.

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 3/05/2004 07:51:00 AM