What was your last big purchase? Maybe a trip? The clothes that you wanted? A house? Think about what you had to sacrifice to be able to spend that money. In the end, we all hope it was worth it. It’s called value. And the more valuable something is to us, the more we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.
Sometimes, I like to think about Jesus life before He started his ministry at the age of 30. We have to remind ourselves that Jesus always knew his divine nature and therefore knew what came before him, and what was coming in the future. As we get closer to Easter week and the Passion of Our Lord, we can reflect on just how crazy those days were in Jerusalem. After all, Jesus spent three years healing hundreds, raising people from the dead, doing miracles beyond imagination witnessed by thousands.
And just days after he entered Jerusalem as a great prophet to cheers and rejoicing, he would face the worst possible experience anyone could imagine. And yet, He did it. Of His own free will. You see, He loves us so much that He was willing to give the greatest sacrifice, His life. Sacrifice for what?? It is only by His suffering and dying on the cross that He purchased for each of us the path to heaven and eternal life. That purchase was for the debt of our sins. The price…. His death on the cross. How could any of us ever feel worthy enough for that generosity?? The thing is, we can’t. But it does make me realize just how much he loves me and you. What is the value of a soul? For Jesus it was……. The biggest purchase of all.
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