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The Reason Why

This month's verse is 1 Corinthians 6:14: "And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power."

Life sometimes feels like a very, very dark valley. Some wise person once said, "Either you're in the middle of a trial, or you're just getting out of one, or you're about to have one." In this world, it's easy to succumb to despair, feeling that we're never going to leave the vicious cycle of trials, like all we can do is whatever it takes to survive. Our hearts can ask God, not in anger but in anguish, "Why?"

Why would You let this happen to me? Why would You let my loved one die? Why is the world so broken? Why am I sick? Why is everything seemingly spiraling out of control?

Thankfully, Jesus, our High Priest who can sympathize with all our weaknesses, has felt this darkness when He walked before us. When he knelt in the Garden of Gethsemane, He sweat drops of blood. This condition is called hematidrosis and its cause is intense emotional distress. Jesus knew the horrors of the Cross that He was about to undertake. He knew the separation from the Father, the wrath, the loneliness that awaited Him. He begged, "Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me." But the cup did not pass, as we are reminded each time we celebrate Good Friday.

Why? Was the Father hungry for blood? Was He powerless, unable to spare His own Son? 

No. There was a reason why. There is a reason behind every agony we suffer in this life. Even were we to undergo the most horrible tortures, be ripped apart by our darkest nightmares, there would still be a reason why. 

There is another life beyond. An eternal life. Our time on this earth is only a blink of an eye when compared to the joy that we will see in eternity. Had the Son not suffered, we would all have been condemned to an eternity of punishment. But He, in His grace, took the suffering upon Himself.

Remember that, this Easter season. After the death, there is a resurrection. After the storm, there is a rainbow. After the ashes, there are flowers.

Written by Mia Fuller


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