Radically Happy

May the force be with you!

MIC Check

Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

• Identifying how Christ
• Forms the center of my identity
• And us

Immanuel Approach Memo

Continued from 5/3 IAM: Unbearable

I am… horrified.

I unintentionally stabbed Christ
In the throne room of God
And I have no idea what to do

I look to Jesus.

He smiles
As He collapses to the floor
And says

“Come”

I drop my sword
Kneel down
And take Him in my arms

“Why?”

I cry

He pats my hand
He comforts me
Because my emotional distress
Is worse than His physical distress
(At least to Him)

My emotional distress
Is worse than His physical distress
(At least to Him)

“Do not be afraid”

He says

“I was already slain
From the founding of the world”

I weep
He takes my hand

“I had be slain
To save you
It was the only way”

And then
He dies
And I am left holding a corpse
With my bloody hands

I look to My Father.

His face is somber
As He says

“It is finished
Now is the time
For judgement
To begin”

To be continued

Reflection

I feel…

• Awful
• Responsible
• Unworthy
• Unholy
• Like the villain
• Confused
• Grateful
• Honored
• Worried

Scripture

“Lord, your discipline is good, for it leads to life and health. You restore my health and allow me to live! Yes, this anguish was good for me, for you have rescued me from death and forgiven all my sins. For the dead cannot praise you; they cannot raise their voices in praise. Those who go down to the grave can no longer hope in your faithfulness. Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.”‭‭‬‬

Isaiah‬ ‭38‬:‭16‬-‭19‬ ‭NLT