The cross doesn't cancel human emotion

Hey everyone, 

Let's stop spiritually bypassing people's sadness as though it makes the power of the cross ineffective. 

It's weird. 

Jesus wept is the shortest verse in the Bible, yet its meaning screams so loud.

God wanted us to know that pain matters,

presence matters, 

and love doesn't skip over suffering.

It sits in it. 

In so many Christian spaces, we've learned to bypass sadness with scripture and slap "God's got a plan!" over the heartbreak of another as though a band aide could really care for a bullet wound. 

But disconnection dressed in spirituality is not comfort. 

It's not faith to pretend that you're not sad. It's not weakness to acknowledge grief, disappointment, or trauma. 

And it's definitely not holy to pressure someone into suppressing what Jesus himself made space for. 

Jesus didn't rush people out of pain. 

He entered it. 

Holy doesn't mean happy all the time.

The cross doesn't cancel human emotion.

It redeems it. 

The Power of the Cross isn't diminished by tears. 

It was actually born in them. 

(I did not write this. Taken from Instagram)