Day One // February 17 // His Body “May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs – let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.” – Ignatius of Antioch –
He was – and still is – the perfect Son of God. Without blot or blemish, Jesus came to live amongst us – a life that thundered with all the power of heaven. He came to heal and to love and to save. Yes, to save the world… but more than that. He came to save us – you and me… we, sinners. In His body, the Lord became for us what we couldn’t be for ourselves: righteousness and holiness and hope. The perfect Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world! And we say that He was wholly divine – and rightly so. But in the same breath we must confess that Jesus was wholly human, too. It’s the only way that atonement works. His was mortal flesh. His were salty tears. He knew the pains of loss and grief and betrayal. From
