For thirty-three years Jesus felt everything that we have ever felt: weakness, weariness, rejections. His feelings got hurt. His feet grew tired. His head ached. To think of Jesus in such terms almost seems irreverent. It is much easier to keep the humanity out of the incarnation, clean up the manure from around the manger or hit his thumb with a hammer. There is something about keeping Jesus divine that keeps Him distant, packaged, and predictable. But we must remember that the people who saw Jesus first…saw Him first as a person. Since Jesus became human, it is now possible for us to see God and hear His voice. Jesus inspires us to spend time at the foot of the cross and search the heart of the one who would rather die for us than live without us.
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