Jonathots Daily Blog
(1969)
A manger would have been nice … since he was born to be the Prince of Peace.
A Pyramid would have been in order … exiled in Egypt as a young boy during his FIRST rejection by the religious and political systems of Judea.
Water would certainly have been apropos … baptism changed his life from being a carpenter to an itinerant messenger.
Even wine would have been a fascinating symbol … his first miracle in Cana of Galilee was to turn water into wine.
How about loaves of bread and fishes? … an encounter he had with his disciples, when he asked them to bring what they had and then he reciprocated.
I just thought of another one.
A stone … he saved an adulterous woman by using one as an example of judging others and also allowed the Angel of the Lord to roll one away during his resurrection.
Yes, anything about the resurrection would have been absolutely lovely.
But the general consensus was to choose the cross.
I suppose it’s because salvation was garnered through the ordeal and we mortals selfishly focused on that particular image. The day of the cross was certainly not one of Jesus’ better days, but there is an impact to it that cannot be denied. It is so powerful that Jesus informs us that we each have to take up our own cross and bear it daily.
So I see the significance.
To Jesus the cross was not a sign of victory, but rather, of responsibility–a job he did because it was the next thing that needed to be done and he decided not to run away from it.
I travel tonight to the Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Petoskey, Michigan. I don’t know anything about them. I don’t know whether they’ll show up, and have no assurety that they’ll like me or even listen. I don’t say this to be negative. I share it with you because it is the cross of my responsibility.
In tribute to my friend, I will not run away from it.
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