The Christian and Suffering
As Christians, we are called to be like Christ. We live our life in his power, and because of that, we live as Christ lived. We must follow Christ at all costs, even as he is our example. Jesus calls us to follow him, to live as he did, to die as he did. Unless we become like Christ, we will never inherit eternal life.
And so, we must suffer as he did.
After the Battle
Darkness shrouds the landscape; the eerie shadows cast by a distant sliver of the moon are strewn across the pathway. Wind rustles through the leaves of a few lone trees across the desolate war torn landscape, softly sighing as if it could hardly bear the dark things it witnessed.
…And here, I meet God. The Voice of Eternity, piercing even the heart of man, speaks in the stillness.
Oh, for a closer walk with God!
That I, a poor needy human, could find a personal relationship with my Lord, is a thought too high for me. It is too wonderful; I cannot fathom it. I cannot begin to comprehend the love the Creator has for me that he would stoop so low, as to die for me. And that death being solely that I might be at peace with him and that I might once more commune as a son to my Father.
