Called 4 Jesus

by Pastor Mike Sanchez

While my mom was taking her last breath, I felt the sudden urge to run. I couldn’t bear the weight. Yet… I was interrupted by a still small voice. “Don’t look away” and so I took the full shot. The blunt force of the blow that crippled me. Beautiful memories flooded my mind… even imaginary thoughts of her holding me as a baby or finding out she was pregnant with me. The pain deepened as she exhaled and was gone.
Why? Why not look away?
Because the weight of suffering, that is not a result of our own sin… the weight of suffering that has been authorized, even designed into our story, comes with equal amounts of worth. The knot in your throat becomes power in your words… the break in your heart becomes healing in your hands. Because the man who has suffered at the hands of his maker is mighty in compassion, in love… is mighty in meekness and grace and mercy and understanding and service!

WE ARE SERVANTS OF THE LORD.
MIGHTY.
THE ONLY WOUNDS WE WEAR ETERNALLY ARE BY THE HANDS OF OUR KING
AND WE WEAR THEM PROUDLY.