HE DID THIS JUST FOR YOU
Want to know the coolest thing about the coming?
Not that the One who played marbles with the stars gave it
up to play marbles with marbles. Or that the One who hung
the galaxies gave it up to hang doorjambs to the
displeasure of a cranky client who wants everything
yesterday but cant pay for anything until tomorrow
Not that he, in an instant, went from needing nothing to
needing air, food, a tub of hot water and salts for his
tired feet, and more than anything, needing somebody
anybodywho was more concerned about where they would
spend eternity than where they would spend Fridays
paycheck.
Or that he resisted the urge to fry the two-bit,
self-appointed hall monitors of holiness who dared suggest
that he was doing the work of the devil.
Not that he kept his cool while the dozen best friends he
never had felt the heat and got out of the kitchen. Or
that he gave no command to the angels who begged, Just
give the nod, Lord. One word and these demons will be
deviled eggs.
Not that he refused to defend himself when blamed for
every sin of every slut and sailor since Adam. Or that he
stood silent as a million guilty verdicts echoed in the
tribunal of heaven, and the giver of light was left in the
chill of a sinners night.
Not even that after three days in a dark hole he stepped
into the Easter sunrise with a smile and a swagger and a
question for lowly Lucifer, Is that your best punch?
That was cool, incredibly cool.
But want to know the coolest thing about the One who gave
up the crown of heaven for a crown of thorns?
He did it for you. Just for you.
