HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS TO BE HUMAN

HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS
TO BE HUMAN


OUR God is a God
Who FULLY knows
What it means to be HUMAN


He came to earth
In the form of
A human being
And EXPERIENCED every human emotion
That we do-including-
Pain and suffering


He even had a mother-a
Step-father-and brothers and sisters
He was part of a HUMAN FAMILY
A family that KNEW
What it means to EXPERIENCE LOVE


“For we do NOT
Have a high priest
Who is unable


To sympathize with
Our weaknesses........” Hebrews 4:15


YES-weaknesses-we have
Plenty of those-at least-
I do


And Jesus did too
He was FULLY HUMAN
He lived-died-and RESURRECTED


Because he was PERFECT
In love-HIS LOVE
Knew no limits


So he knows
What it means to be weak
To be PUSHED
To the limits of a being human


“What is mankind
That you are mindful
Of them?


Human beings
That you CARE for them?” Psalm 8:4


Of course-
What higher HONOR
Could we have than
You ( Jesus)-being ONE of us


You UNDERSTAND us
Oh so well-yet you-
LOVE US oh so much


“For the foolishness of God
Is wiser than human wisdom


And the weakness of God
Is STRONGER
Than human strength” 1 Corinthians 1:25


Our God-our Jesus-not contained
Even by death


LOVE IS STRONGER!-than human weaknesses


Yet he KNOWS-what it is
To have a human body
Have limitations-even though-
He could PERFORM miracles-
And overcome all


Our Lord God-Our LORD Jesus
Understands-UNDERSTANDS our hurt-
Our doubts-
Our fear of failing


He understands us too-he does NOT
Condemn us


“........For the Lord
SEARCHES every heart
And understands every desire
And every thought” 1 Chronicles 28:9


“But the seed falling
On good soil
REFERS to someone


Who hears the word
And UNDERSTANDS it


This is the ONE
Who produces a crop
Yielding a hundred-sixty-
Or 30 times what was sown” Matthew 13:23


That IS the GOOD NEWS-
We have a GOD who UNDERSTANDS
What it is to be fully HUMAN


Just IMAGINE how proud he is of us
IF we understand him-just
A little-and we BECOME
A little bit MORE like him


Yet he FORGIVES our flaws
And imperfections-for HE KNOWS
WHAT it is to BE HUMAN


HE KNOWS-ALL TOO WELL


In Jesus' name,


Robert P. Wallman
1-13-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek




2-21-2019