“Suffering and Glory” – Seeking Jerusalem – Day 26
Suffering and Glory – Lenten Season 2018 “Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and […]
A Burden of Glory
Suffering and Glory – Lenten Season 2018 “Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and […]
He goes on to talk about the “glory” that each of us has, and that it is essential to God´s plans that we reveal that glory, live in that glory and share that glory with others. I would add that the “glory” is not only our creational gifts and abilities, but, first of all, our redemptive glory in Christ. The creational integrated into and providing the real world context for the redemptive. The redemptive empowering and focusing the creational.
I don’t know about you, but my blood runs hot and cold at the same time when I hear these words. Think about it. On the one hand, Jesus is saying that if we are ashamed to follow him on the road to Jerusalem in true discipleship, then he will be ashamed of us on the day of judgment. Then, quick as you like, he reveals the other side of the coin and says that some of the disciples standing there would see with their own eyes, before they died, “the kingdom of God come with power.” Dread on the one hand. Excitement on the other.
It is better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all. God would agree. Hence, the […]
Good morning, Lord. Thank you for a sabbath day of rest. We need it. A time to recharge physically and […]