"Man on Fire" Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Only one desire
That’s left in me
I want the whole damn world
To come dance with me
Jesus has walked through all the murder, pain, heartache, shame, rage, panic, strange the world has to throw. He did it so he could shoulder our burdens with us. So that when we feel God by our side, we know it is a God who has felt the pain we carry. When we look to God, we should see love that understands the weight of our suffering. More than the platitudes we hear from other people: "I know what you're going through," "everything happens for a reason," "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Jesus does not waste those cliches on us because he did not want to hear them either, as he struggled to his death.
That love that feels our pain wants something for us: wants the joy an freedom that comes from embracing it. There is hope, there is love that encompasses our pain. That's our Easter: Jesus came through all his suffering to rise from the dead, defeating evil, opening heaven. What happens if we let Jesus do that? If we come dance with him?
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