DG Barnhouse lost his wife when his daughter was still a child. He was trying to help his little girl, and himself, process the loss of his wife and her mother.
Once when they were driving, a huge moving van passed them.
The shadow of the truck swept over the car.
He said to his daughter "would you rather be run over by the truck or it's shadow?"
His daughter replied "by the shadow of course - that can't hurt us at all"
"It was only the shadow of death that went over your mum. She's actually alive - more alive than we are & that's because 2000 years ago the real truck of death hit Jesus. And because death crushed Jesus, & we believe in Him, now the only thing that can come over us is the shadow of death...
#easter
#crushedforyouandme
#jesusatthecentre
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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