The Rhythms of His Heart

He (Jesus) took the cup. The cup meant dying...it meant suffering...it meant choosing the Broken Way. It meant experiencing the rejection, mockery and misunderstanding of who He really was. In taking "the cup" He bled and saved us from sin, from death, from Hell forever. Once for all! There's more though because He didn't just save us from something...He saved us for something.  Did you know that in Jewish marriage customs a cup was extended to a bride as invitation for intimacy and communion of the deepest kind?! So the cup of suffering that Jesus took was an invitation and He drank it so that we could be invited in to a deep communion with Him! Suffering on the cross didn't mean JUST salvation, but it means love and communion of the Holiest kind! So this cup of suffering wasn't pain free or an easy fix, but it was a purposeful thing that says I can come and belong at the         King's table ...now and forever. Thoughts inspired by Scripture in Is

My YFC family teaches me! Here's what I  mean: Instagram post April 09/17 He's a Do-er I'm a Be-er! He gets energy by hitting up local basketball courts, soccer fields, hockey arenas and forests looking to hunt some wild animal like a bushman. I, however get energy by sitting down, hearing people's stories, writing and sipping hot beverages. He laughs, I cry! I like to plan...he likes to carry it out! Does this mean we have to change ourselves in order to work together? No not even, bro! It does mean knowing what we are good and not so good at. It does mean challenging each other to grow. It does mean not trying to make him like me. It means humbling ourselves and recognizing when we need each other.  When the task-oriented and the be-oriented learn how to work together and not against each other...it is a hard, but beautiful thing. And at the end of the day we honor each other and learn it's not about him or me...it's about our King! #Kingdomlearning