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1 | explain Mark 15:34 | Mark | Morant61 | 21149 | ||
Greetings Steve! "Stepped across the stars to Bethlehem and Jerusalem...."! I like it! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | explain Mark 15:34 | Mark | stjones | 21150 | ||
Thanks; the quotes reveal that it's not original: Joseph Bayly, "Psalms of My Life" Victor, 2000. Hard to find but worth it. This is a review so I hope the following is fair use: A Psalm for Christmas Eve Praise God for Christmas Praise Him for the Incarnation for Word made flesh. I will not sing of shepherds watching flocks on frosty night or angel choristers. I will not sing of stable bare in Bethlehem or lowing oxen wise men trailing distant star with gold and frankincense and myrrh. Tonight I will sing praise to the Father who stood on heaven's threshold and said farewell to His Son as He stepped across the stars to Bethlehem and Jerusalem. And I will sing praise to the infinite eternal Son who became most finite a Baby who would one day be executed for my crimes. Praise Him in the heavens. Praise Him in the stable. Praise Him in my heart. (c) Copyright 1987, 2000 by the estate of Joseph Bayly. If you can read that dry-eyed, you're a better man than I. Our (retired) pastor used to say that without Easter, Christmas has no purpose; without Christmas, Easter has no meaning. Peace and grace, Steve |
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3 | explain Mark 15:34 | Mark | stjones | 21148 | ||
Hi, Tim; I agree. This is a topic that I've thought about in the past and felt moved to jump in. I once did a brief meditation at a community Good Friday service on some of Jesus' words from the cross. In it, I speculated about Jesus' separation from his Father at Christmas when he "stepped across the stars to Bethlehem and Jerusalem". I wondered if his prayer in Gethsemane wasn't motivated more by dread of this looming moment of complete separation than by dread of the cross itself. I concluded with the thought that the terrible, undeserved separation he endured assures us that "neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God." (Romans 8:38-39) Still, the details are a mystery that ought to pique our curiosity but also feed our sense of wonder. Peace and grace, Steve |
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