Day Four & Five....

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to die by crucifixion. Don't know about you but I'm one of those who think dying like this is painful. Just think feeling as your life slowly passes from you and your whole body is numb with pain. I think its something none of us want to ever experience. So the past two days have been reminders with people commenting on several aspects from previous blogs. One friend said to me that I was in pain and was having a hard time cause in one of my posts I have written "To do something right requires death of self." And I thought about it death wow, what a concept, but then started thinking what if someone dies in their sleep they feel no pain. Why couldn't my death be 'DEATH BY SLEEP' (will not be tempted to tell my UBA UBA joke). Then a different friend who shared her story with me put the last piece in the puzzle she wrote, "The only thing our flesh understands is cricifixion."

Now that got me thinking to the one man I know who died by crucifixion, Jesus. He felt pain, if you've ever watched passion of the Christ then you'll know what I'm talking about. And if that physical pain can be transduced emotionally then it the pain we sometimes feel when God rearranges our lives starts to make sense. When Jesus says in Luke 9:24, "For whosoever will save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it." Looking at it its funny, when he tells us 'whoever loses his life...' i.e. is crucified with me, 'will save it...' i.e. will have a new life in me. Becoming like Jesus is a daily crucifixion, mostly hard, gut wrenching, but ultimately worth it. Because with each death, i.e. when we say yes to His leading, we are given a new life, one that doesn't have a time limit. A life that doesn't depend on the economy, or a marriage or kids or a job, but on God's never ending love.

So I encourage you to die ( i know sounds morbid), for only by death of the Son of God was He able to save. God make beauty out of ashes, just think of it Adam was made from dust..

love, peace and happiness

Tau