Love and Death

"We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus..."   2 Corinthians 4:10

Love and Death are connected.
True love is a commitment to die.
It was for Jesus.

To be loved by Jesus is to kneel on the wet ground.
Hands open.
Knees soaked in the blood.
Head resting on His cold pierced feet.

To be loved by Jesus is to kneel on the dry ground.
Hands open.
Nostrils catching the scent of a rotting man.
Head resting on the cold stone that seals His death.

To be loved by Jesus is to kneel on the cold ground.
Hands open.
Head resting on the warmth of the angels feet
as they proclaim, "HE HAS RISEN!"

Love and death are inseparable.
To love involves "a taking hold" and at the same time "a letting go". So does death.
I imagine we can only love to the depths by which we have already died.
To be loved by Jesus is to hear his invitation to follow him into his death... and to say "yes".



"A person who wants to lead a spiritual life cannot do so without the prospect of suffering and death"

-Henri Nouwen