The great good news of Christ incarnate is that God has come to be among us. By humbling himself and coming to this earth in human form, Christ entered into an intimate relationship with sinful people, people like you and me. His compassion drove him to act on our behalf, walking the way of the cross to offer salvation to all who will receive. This sacrifice calls us to look at our relationship with the Creator God in a different way, seeing this relationship not as a distant connection, but an intimate bond, established in love. Therefore, we witness again in this Lenten season the cross as a symbol of love and compassion, as well as a bridge that covers the chasm of sin that separates us from the living God. In the text that Nouwen cites for today, John 8:3-7, Jesus becomes the bridge that spans this chasm between the woman caught in adultery and the God whom she most likely thought had abandoned her because of her sin. Jesus did not condemn her, and as a result, no one else dared cast a stone at her either. The compassion of God looks beyond the dirt and filth of our sinful ways and sees the beauty of the soul. God-with-us is the blessing of the incarnate Christ. Amen!
JKA
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