subtleties

There's a song we sing in church that has me thinking. One of the lines in the song: "Spread wide in the arms of Christ, is the love that covered sin." At first glance it seems good, but, our language is a subtle thing. Words are meant to convey things. Very sublte differences can change the meanings profoundly. Even a simple spelling mistake can entirely change the message being sent. What is the message sent in this one line of this one song? If someone who never knew anything at all about Christianity heard this one line, what would they learn? I think they would learn that love covered sin. So the question is: Did 'love' 'cover' sin? If 'love' 'covered' sin, then Jesus didn't need to die. God IS love! He loves each one of us perfectly, extravagently, abundantly! And yet..., Jesus did have to die..., because....

'Love' does not 'cover' sin. Blood does. The blood of a perfect sacrifice. The blood of Jesus.

I still like the song, but.... Poetically, it's beautiful. The message that Christ loves us, also beautiful. I've tried to poetically 'fix' it... but... "Dripping down the arms of Christ, is the blood that covers sin"... not quite as poetic, not quite a beautiful. But then, death is not beautiful. Blood is not beautiful.

If I was a commenter....

I read the following article a few days ago. It made me so sad. These articles always allow for comments from the readers. I'm not sure if the readers comments will come through on this link (because I am new to linking!), but the comments made me even sadder than the article. There is such a sense of hopelessness in them. A desparate plea for the government to 'keep our loved ones alive' no matter the cost.

CBC News - Health - Ont. cancer drug plan almost cruel: watchdog

If I was a commenter on the CBC webnews, I would have said this: "Remember, a long time ago, this guy named Jesus?.... I wonder where is he today?" He healed everyone that came to him.

We desparately need to know "the hope to which he has called us, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparbably great power for us who believe."

We desparately need to start showing the world a better hope!

Where is He today? He's in me....

Watch this! I finally learned how to 'link'!!

I thought about copy & pasting bits of this at a time, because it is long, but then... I learned how to 'link'! It's so exciting! And easy!! If you've been reading my blog at all, you know what you're in for if you choose to link over.



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