January 11, 2006

[Rev. Doc]

Not Taken But Given

"And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'"
Luke 22:19

A chaplain was speaking to a soldier on a cot in a hospital. "You have lost an arm in the great cause," he said. "No," said the soldier with a smile. "I didn't lose it--I gave it." In that same way, Jesus did not lose His life. He gave it purposefully.

Prayer: Thank the Lord for His willingness to give His life on the cross as a sacrifice for your sins.

"Suffering inflicted on Jesus by others had the appearance at least of being involuntary. The sufferings of Gethsemane, deep in his soul, could touch him only because he willed it, to give us courage in our own fears, to set us an example, to merit for us the grace needed in our own interior conflicts."
~Ralph Gorman

[Sifu_Calanor]

yeah i see what you mean. once in John (can not remember where it was) Jesus said that no one takes His life (refering to Himself), but He Himself lays it down.