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Friday, April 18, 2003 Meditations on Good Friday This day exists to celebrate the death of a man born 2000 years ago. Seems odd, doesn't it? Odd first to celebrate a death, odd second to celebrate an event 2000 years ago. But the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, or Yeshua as they like to call him in Hebrew, still remains relevant today; it's at the very core of everything I stand for, of everything that millions of Christians through the years have lived and died for. But why? Because if he was who he said he was--that is, God himself--then thanks to even my "little" sins--lying, pride, selfishness--seemingly minor things that we forget we face every day--I owe him my life. This is less of an "escape clause" from hell, which I do believe is very real, than the knowledge that by facing the most gruesome sort of death imaginable--a death he did not have to face but did because he loved me--he has paid my debt, taken my punishment, and allowed me to have a real relationship with him. Those seemingly minor sins are what put him on the cross. He did not just die for "bad people"; he died for you and me, with all the things we like to hide so we can present a perfect front to the world. And yet I still fail, I still fall. But it is the constant struggle to deepen that relationship, to become the person he sees I can be, to fulfill that potential, that makes the Christian faith a challenge and a lesson in forgiveness and trust. So last night and this morning as I prepared for the Good Friday Rally, and while I was there, I was thinking about both my many failings and insecurities and what Christ offers in return. I put him on that cross. It's a crazy thought, but that makes it no less true. And he gives me love instead of judgment, a love deeper than I'll find anywhere else, a love that's unconditional. Though so often I push him aside and think that I'm too busy to spend time with him, so often I make the same mistakes, never able to break old habits. But he will never give up on me. So I guess I shouldn't either. I'm not in the habit of posting song lyrics written by others on here, but this seems appropriate for today. Worlds Apart by Dan Haseltine/Jars of Clay I am the only one to blame for this Somehow it all ends up the same Soaring on the wings of selfish pride I flew too high and like Icarus I collide With a world I try so hard to leave behind To rid myself of all but love To give and die To turn away and not become Another nail to pierce the skin of one who loves More deeply than the oceans, More abundant than the tears Of a world embracing every heartache Can I be the one to sacrifice Or grip the spear and watch the blood and water flow To love you--take my world apart To need you--I am on my knees To love you--take my world apart To need you--broken on my knees All said and done I stand alone Amongst remains of a life I should not own It takes all I am to believe In the mercy that covers me Did you really have to die for me? All I am for all you are Because what I need and what I believe are worlds apart I look beyond the empty cross Forgetting what my life has cost And wipe away the crimson stains And dull the nails that still remain More and more I need you now, I owe you more each passing hour The battle between grace and pride I gave up not so long ago So steal my heart and take the pain And wash the feet and cleanse my pride Take the selfish, take the weak, And all the things I cannot hide Take the beauty, take my tears The sin-soaked heart and make it yours Take my world apart Take it now, take it now And serve the ones that I despise Speak the words I can't deny Watch the world I used to love Fall to dust and thrown away I look beyond the empty cross Forgetting what my life has cost So wipe away the crimson stains And dull the nails that still remain So steal my heart and take the pain Take the selfish, take the weak And all the things I cannot hide Take the beauty, take my tears Take my world apart, take my world apart I pray, I pray, I pray Worlds apart ^ Top | 4:34 PM | | | 
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