This life is lonely! This life is cold! Almost every effort and investment we make is to counter the natural forces of life - which are danger, loss, decay, betrayal, discouragement... Sometimes I am overwhelmed by the burden that is life, the sheer load that each day places on my shoulders. Can you relate?
It is against this backdrop - life's brokenness and hardship - that Jesus came to earth. Jesus - God in the flesh (Jn 1:14) - came to 'rescue us from this present evil age.' (Gal 1:4) Jesus - self-denying and compassionate (Phil 2:7) - came to find us in the cold shadows, and warm us with light. (Luke 19:10) Jesus - forgiving and healing (Luke 5:24) - came to embrace the lonely, restore the despairing. (Mt 12:20) Listen to the words of Christ as he looked over the people, and cried: 'How I have longed to gather you together, as a hen gathers her chicks...' (Mt 23:37)
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