Incarnating Jesus

I've been reading The Myth of a Christian Nation by Greg Boyd and it definately ranks in my top three. One of the central themes is the idea of embodying cross-type love for every single person around us. It is something that I have valued and believed in for years, but the past few days I have been rocked with the reality of the potential power of this dynamic demonstration.

I mean really, what if I, and all followers of Jesus made this thier ONE sole goal, to experience the love of the cross for themselves and embody it to the world. We could put down our stones of judgment that have wounded people for thousands of years and maybe, just maybe, they would actually experience Jesus through us.

This cross style love is transformative. It's Jesus dying on the cross for those who crucified him. No judgment in his heart. No hidden motive or manipulation. Just pure love, poured out for all his children. This is the kind of love that we all need to experience, but especially those hit by one of our prideful stones. They need to experience raw Jesus, his love incarnated in our lives.