Jesus loves well. And he teaches us that love brings a vulnerability that is uncomfortable, for when we acknowledge our deep love for the one who deeply hurt us… we enter the painful beauty of raw admission and real heartache.
Hebrews 12:2 reads “looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Jesus experienced horrid torture. Can you imagine the pain–mental, emotional and physical pain that he was willing to endure because of love?
The depth of love enabled Him to welcome this tension between the nightmarish experience and this beautiful moment. A moment that He knew would lead to eternal restoration for all who would receive Him.