A Better Look At Something

I can't quite remember what made me think of it this way, but Sunday morning during the worship service something was said that made me see this in a new way.  

About nine months and five days ago my son was born.  Emily and I had been at the hospital for 24 hours when the doctor decided that due to my son's heart rate it would be very dangerous to continue with a vaginal birth.  So within thirty minutes or so Emily was taken back to have a C-section.  We did not plan it that way, but we did what we and the doctor thought was best for him.

Everything went very good and Emily and Garrison came out healthy.  

Well with the C-section, Emily has went through some hard times of guilt about it.  I assure her all the time that she did what was the most loving thing she could do for Garrison, but it is still hard for her for many reasons that I won't go into detail about.  But Sunday I was given a new view about the loving sacrifice my wife chose to be for Garrison's safety.  

There was another one who laid down His rights to do the most loving thing for His children.

It was not the popular way.  He didn't choose the pretty way.  He did what was necessary, because of His great love for us.  He gave up His precious body to beaten and nailed to a tree.  The Bible says that He was crushed for our iniquities.  He so loved us, His children that He gave up His body to be cut and pierced and His soul to be crushed.  He gave up His life so we could live, and He chose to keep the scars.  The Bible says that His hands still have the pierce markings and His side still has the gash.  We have them as a reminder forever of how much He loves us.    

My wife has a scar now too.  It is right below her waist line, a precious reminder of just how much she loves my son Garrison.  She and I both would have chose another way, but she did what was necessary to ensure his safety.  Is that not a glimpse of calvary love.  I think it is.

Thank you so much Emily