For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Encouraging Words...
Today in the Orthodox Church we celebrated the Elevation of the Precious and Life giving Cross. Without the cross there is no life. Without the cross there is no restoration of God's creation. But why does God do things the way that He does; elevating the humble, giving us life through the death of His Son, and many other things that appear to be contradictory to our way of thinking? And that is the answer right there. God does not do things the way that we would do them. And we do not do things the way that God does. The early church fathers taught that God is humble. How could the God of all, the Creator of all, be humble? I cannot answer that, but I can point to His acts of humility... becoming His own creation, being born in a manger, living a lowly and humble life, giving up His life on a cross. So it becomes clearer that He is humble because He humbles Himself. And this makes no sense to us. This is why the message of the cross is foolishness to those who do not know Him. But once we truly meet Him and become His, this message becomes more dear and our hearts begin to yearn to follow Him, to take up His cross, to become humble as He is humble, to love others more than ourselves, to become like Him. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
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