REDEMPTION

On the cross, Jesus wears the burden of our sin’s weight. We were given a world of thorns upon our fall. Our lives become painful, difficult, tempestuous, and frustrated. Life leaves much to be desired. Still, that is not the end of the story. Love has let us know we are desired. And those thorns that were ours have been put on another. Indeed, the one who bore those thorns is God’s greatest gift. The Gift of Thorns: Jesus, the Flesh, and the War for Our Wants By A.J. Swoboda