My Thoughts on
the Cross:
The Reverend
Billy Graham once said that the cross is offensive and it is. Not only do we
see the huge abomination caused by the immeasurable heap of our sins at the
base of the cross, but we see the horrific scourging and suffering that the
Lord endured onto death on our behalf. How can we look up at the cross and not know
that it is us who should be up there and not our Lord? He was and is all grace
and love and is free of sin. It is a horrendous journey of tears and painful self-reflection
to reach the base of the cross, but a journey that we must all take to know the
Lord of true love and self-sacrifice. In our tears and affliction the Lord
speaks and our tears of sorrow become tears of joy. He has risen, He has come
down from the cross, and He resides with the Father, yet lives in the believer’s
heart. He has written His will in our being. We are born again in Christ and
free of all sin. We are joyous in this life that He has given us. We have peace
beyond all understanding. We follow no law and do not fear it, but live by God
and the Holy Spirit. Each day I pray, what my Great God may I do this day for
you?
