The Wholeness of Christ: Love in Suffering and Glory #1911

Embracing the Fullness of Christ: Suffering and Divinity To know Christ is to embrace both His divine majesty and His profound suffering. It is to tread the narrow path where His love and pain converge, a journey that transcends mere belief in His divinity and delves deep into the heart of His sacrifice. In the heights of heaven, we glimpse His glory, but it is in the depths of sorrow that we truly understand His grace. Believing in only His glory is to miss the sacred blend of a King who bore our burdens and a God who calls us friend. His wounds and resurrection are the mystery we seek, where mercy meets majesty, and strength is found in the weak. It is here, in the intertwining of suffering and triumph, that the fullness of Christ is revealed. In His suffering, we gather glimpses of heaven’s light, a pathway through the shadows leading to the dawn of endless sight. To hold tightly to both His divinity and His pain is to embrace Christ completely, seeing Him in His loss and in His gain. The cross and the crown, the joy and the strife, reveal the full dimension of our Savior’s boundless life. Let us not shy away from His suffering but find in it the profound depth of His love. Let us see in His wounds the reflection of our redemption and in His resurrection the promise of our own renewal. In embracing both His suffering and His divinity, we find a faith that is whole, a relationship that is complete, and a path that leads us ever closer to the heart of Christ. -Steven G. Lee (June 24, 2024)