Lord God,
The message of the cross is difficult to take.
How can death give way to life? How can weakness be strength?
Yet your word says that Jesus, being God,
Took on human flesh
And suffered the worst kind of death.
How can this be?
Matthew 26:36-46: https://www.biblestudytools.com/matthew/passage/?q=matthew+26:36-46
Hebrews 5:7-9: https://www.biblestudytools.com/hebrews/passage/?q=hebrews+5:7-9
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Originally published Tuesday, 07 April 2020.