Minimal musing for Mittwoch
Luke 7:13
13When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”
Nothing deep, nor too contemplative here right? Just the creator of all, affected by the love for His creation in such a way to want to reach out to it and help.
This happened in a town called Nain, where Luke 7:11 reads; “11Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.”. Read as “a town”, not “the town”; makes it almost sound unimportant, doesn’t it? Yet in this town of Nain Jesus Christ resurrects the son of this poor grieving woman (widow).
Maybe it was “just” sympathy or maybe of being able to directly relate to the woman’s grief from the perspective of the Father. Whatever the case may be, there was a connection that moved Christ to act on the woman’s’ behalf; “His heart went out to her”.
Cue up John 3:16
Grace and peace be with you.
Hey Christopher,
Just wanted to stop by and say hello and how goes it? I hope good. I’ve been following your posts (as always) just haven’t gotten around tocommenting (bad peep, bad peep!).
Anyway, liked this one and the one after this - good words as always.
This one makes me think of how much Jesus is and was able to identify with our own humanity. That there is nothing that we have felt or experienced that He Himself hasn’t also felt. An amazing thought really. Especially when there are times when I ask my own self, “why do I have to live here in this flesh?” and then think, “our God came down out of a perfect heaven and clothed Himself in this?!” WOW. Then I think,
“who would want to do that?” Hmmm. He must really love us.
Talk at ya later!
~Jen