Bible in a Year Series - This post is part of a year-long series where we are reading chronologically through the Bible. Click here to learn more. You are most welcome to join along at any time.
Carol and I are back home from our 10-Day Coastal California road trip. What indescrible beauty we saw. If you like, check out our The Roaming Boomers website over the next week or so as I share our stories, photographs, and video.
You probably also noticed that I made a decision that I couldn't keep the pace of my writing in this website when we were traveling and creating content for our other website.
Nonetheless, as I look back upon all that has happened in our year-long chronological journey through the Bible, I find myself at a bit of a loss how to share so much that we read about in the last nearly two weeks.
As I contemplate the over arching things happening in the life of Christ, I see:
- Christ healing
- Christ teaching
- Christ confronting
- Christ in relationship
- Peter confessing Jesus as the Messiah
- Messiah starting to predict his death
- and tears!
There is so much in the words of this book that is hard to wrap the mind around.
God created all and for some reason God allowed evil/sin in his creation which resulted in death. And in John 11:35 we find Jesus, Immanuel, God with us, weeping over the death of his good friend Lazurus.
Clearly Jesus is deeply moved at the pain of death, and in particular the pain brought to Lazurus' loved ones upon his death.
Remarkably, he will solve this immediate pain by resurrecting Lazurus. That must have been a complete shock! Right?
But, there is another death and resurrection coming.
Who can comprehend all of this?
Sometimes, me thinks, it is a hinderance to have heard these "stories" from childhood. In some way, it seems to pull the heart and gut out of the message.
So here's the question: If God cried, shouldn't we seek with all of our strength to fully understand the whole reason why?
Immanuel, give us eyes to see!
