Amen.
I don't believe in a Trinity (or at least I haven't been convinced) so I wasn't sure if I could ask God to help me connect with His own personal death...
But I could *certainly* ask Him to connect with His Son's death (which as a father, in my books, is an even more horrible thing to contemplate) and take the lesson of today's Reflection.
God Bless.
Nice to see you again, DieHard! I've been waiting to see you again to let you know that I did indeed take out The Three Musketeers from the library on your recommendation. I got to page 105 before I couldn't take anymore. The last sentence on that page said something like, "Love is the most selfish of all the emotions." I found this "classic" the most pornographic, licentious, selfish pleausure-promoting, fallen human ego-aggrandizing, Way of Christ-bashing and senselessly violent reading I've done in a long time.
I was wondering what it was about the book that you found so worthy of recommendation? I was wondering, too, what it was about me, a Christian and a woman, that you thought would enjoy that reading?
Our last contact (around that recommended reading) coupled with your statement above prompts me to ask: if you do not believe in the God of the Bible--that is, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit--what god do you believe in and how does The Three Musketeers embrace and promote your religious values/your idea of who God is and what He requires?
I ask in all love and all sincerity. I consider you my friend. I was not offended by you as I read the book you recommended; rather, it occurred to me as I continued reading to page 105 that you do not know the Christ of the Bible or understand what He means to me; otherwise you would not have so highly recommended such a book to me. Obviously the author did not love Jesus as I do, either: His ignorance of all that is Christian astounded me for a work of that era and of that popularity. I was taken by surprise!
I would like to help you see Jesus in all His Majesty and Holiness, fully God and fully Man, dying for your sins on the cross and rising from the dead in the perfection of His purity to justify your entrance into the presence of God.
I would like to share with you my admiration for the Word of God, Christ Jesus the Son and only Mediator of my peace with my Creator even as you sought to share with me your admiration for the book The Three Musketeers. There is a wide gulf between these two loves, but we seem to have found common ground for discussion here on the Chambers threads and that is cause for great praise to the Giver of Every Good and Perfect Gift! (: