The answer than to suffering, I said in trying to sum up where weve come, is not an answer at all. Correct, he emphasized, leaning forward as he pleaded his case. its the Answerer. Its Jesus Himself. Its not a bunch of words, its THE Word. Its not a tightly woven philosophical argument; its a person. THE person. The answer to suffering cannot just be an abstract idea, because this isnt an abstract issue; its a personal issue. It requires a personal response. The answer MUST be someone, not just something, because the issue of suffering involves someone- God, where are You? That question echoed in his small office. It demanded a response. To kreeft, there is one-a very real One. A living One. Jesus is there, sitting beside us in the lowest places of our lives. He said. Are we broken? He was broken, like bread, for us. Are we despised? He was despised and rejected of men. Do we cry out that we cant take anymore? He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Do people betray us? He was sold out Himself. Are our tenderest relationships broken? He too loved and was rejected. Do people turn from us? They hid their faces from Him as from a leper. Does He descend into all of our hells? Yes, He does. From the dephts of a Nazi death camp, Corrie ten Boom wrote: no matter how deep our darkness, He is deeper still. He not only rose from the dead, He changed the meaning of death and therefore of all the little deaths-the sufferings that anticipate death and make up parts of it. Jesus is more than an explanation, he said firmly. HES WHAT WE REALLY NEED. God has not left us alone. Kreeft leaned back In his chair and let himself relax. There was only one more thing he wanted me to know. And for that, he said, I love Him.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 04:57:38 +0000
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