"See, we are going up to Jerusalem.

The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes,  and they will condemn him to death.

Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles,  and they will mock him, spit on him, flog  him, and kill him, and he will rise  after three days."

Mark 10:33-34 CSB

This is the 3rd time Jesus has prepared his team for what is coming. 

He restates his credentials, that everyone is going to be in on it, and it's going to be awful.

Humiliating, painful, and the creator, the one who spoke and there was life, is going to step into death.

The enemy.

The anti-life.

Why would the creator do that for the created?

Last night I held someone's small baby, just a few weeks old, and you can sense the love that a parent has for their child. For my children I would die to give them life.

And that's the love that Jesus has for us.

For me.

For you.

Chosen

Adopted

Loved

Crazy love. That chose to die so that his children could have life. 

You really are valued.

Your life is valuable.

Jesus put the price on it. His life, so we can have ours.

Amazing grace.

No matter what the world throws at you today, rest in that love.

#dearlyloved

#childrenofGod

#youhaveimmeasurablevalue