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Thursday, March 24, 2005
Someone sent me this slideshow, a section of it really spoke out to me...I'd like to share it with ya'll
(click here if you're interested to witness the entire slideshow)
" 'I will let you choose' - God's promise through the two crosses. God gives eternal choices and the choices have eternal consequences. The two crosses placed to the right and left of Jesus symbolize one of God's greatest gifts. The gift of choice.
The criminals bound to those crosses were convicted by the same system, ordered the same death, surrounded by the same crowd, and equally close to the same Jesus. How could these men see the same Jesus and the one choose to mock him and the other choose to pray to him?
When the one prayed, Jesus loved him enough to save him. When the other mocked, Jesus loved him enough to let him.
He allowed them the choice. He does the same for you."
The bolded part really struck a chord. I can't believe Jesus would let me mock him, love so great that even when I'm such a lousy pride-filled, lust-driven, self-centered, ignorantly-impatient, disrespectfully-bratty guy at work, school and home...he would still leave me the choice to do so...and love me regardless of my flaws, failures (it's a long list) and frailty...wow, love so great that no words, pictures or thoughts can ever represent it and do it justice.