Good Friday, Bad Traffic
"Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection."
- Hans Urs von Balthasar
It seems that most of people in Arizona have today off. I was driving around today at lunch and people were out in droves. What's more, you could feel that sort of "rushed tension" in the air as people were running around, trying to get ready for this weekend's big event.
As a human being you are given challenges and tribulations, but ultimately if a person stays the course, they reach a new beginning--a resurrection if you will. Things may look horrible, but then suddenly everything changes, and something mysterious and magical happens. If you would have lost hope or faith in mid-stream, you wouldn't get that surprise ending.
What it comes down to--in my mind--is bearing the Cross. I believe that Jesus said that a person must carry their cross or be crushed beneath it. I like this line very much. You have to hang in there and do all the daily stuff that seems like bullshit in order to get the Resurrection. You can't have one without the other. Life isn't always pretty and magical, but if you stay the course those moments do appear.
Namaste
- Hans Urs von Balthasar
It seems that most of people in Arizona have today off. I was driving around today at lunch and people were out in droves. What's more, you could feel that sort of "rushed tension" in the air as people were running around, trying to get ready for this weekend's big event.
As a human being you are given challenges and tribulations, but ultimately if a person stays the course, they reach a new beginning--a resurrection if you will. Things may look horrible, but then suddenly everything changes, and something mysterious and magical happens. If you would have lost hope or faith in mid-stream, you wouldn't get that surprise ending.
What it comes down to--in my mind--is bearing the Cross. I believe that Jesus said that a person must carry their cross or be crushed beneath it. I like this line very much. You have to hang in there and do all the daily stuff that seems like bullshit in order to get the Resurrection. You can't have one without the other. Life isn't always pretty and magical, but if you stay the course those moments do appear.
Namaste
posted by Zen_Accountant at 3:38 PM
2 Comments:
Ageed.
I hope you and your family had a great weekend gathering.
MAD
There is a story somewhere . . . I'm sure you've heard it. Some distressed soul keeps praying/complaining to God about the weight of his cross. Finally, God caves and appears to this petitioner.
"Okay," God says, "I'm going to let you pick your own GD cross!" So they go into this big room and, sure enough, there are millions of crosses. As you can imagine, some are huge, full to splinters, horrible. So this guy looks around and finds the tiniest, smoothest, easiest cross.
"That one!" he exclaims.
And, of course, God says, "My child, that is the one you brought in." Ta da!
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