Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and say, "God, you don't know what it's like! You don't understand! You have no idea what I'm going through. You don't have a clue how much this hurts." The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments. The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too. . Rob Bell
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The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments. The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too." If you want to know Christ as your savior, you need to walk the walk. He came to show us how to love our enemies, how to forgive those who have harmed us, how to be a light in a dark world. He lived a life that was nothing like ours – a life that was filled with suffering – but still he loved us anyway.

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