Hebrews 4:15 NIV “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet he did not sin.”
Jesus, born from a woman in the same manner in which you and I were. He was an infant, a baby, a toddler, a kid, a teenager and a man! He wore diapers, cried when he was hungry, and fell multiple times as he learned how to walk. He played outside with his friends, helped his step-father out in the shop and on job sites as Joseph was a carpenter. I wonder how many times Jesus hit his thumb as a he was learning how to hammer a nail?
He helped his mother when needed and was a dutiful son. He got hungry, headaches, and stomach aches. He studied his lessons, more then likely squabbled with his siblings and had his own set of chores. Jesus walked this earth just as you and I, facing the same dilemmas, the same emotions, both good and bad, the same trials and tribulations.
He was a good friend. He loved, laughed, and cried. He was loved, and hated, ridiculed and laughed at. He was talked about behind his back, judged, lied about, slandered, mocked and homeless. He was cursed at, spit upon, beaten, abused both verbally and physically. He was used for what he could do for people. He was let down, let go, left alone, and betrayed. Any of those mentioned above fill your shoes?
Yet, He was a trailblazer, a game-changer, the perfect name amongst men and history! He even changed time as we went from B.C. (Before Christ) to A.D. (After Death)!!! He is Lord of all, yet He is one of us.
My prayer is that you might take a moment and reflect on Jesus as he was when he walked our earth, making him possibly more natural for you, more relatable…maybe taking comfort in the fact your Lord in Heaven knows just what you are going through and feeling!!! I don’t know about you but that’s reassuring to me that he does understand my heart, tears, joy and prayers.
May you be blessed today and as always thank you for joining me. 🥰
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