The Gravity of the Incarnation
“I thirst” John 19:28 Last year in the middle of the night I went to check on my son and as I did, slipped on a sock (I think) and fell down the stairs. I broke two toes and spent the rest of the week complaining about gravity. My co-workers thought it strange that the subject of my ire would be a universal physical law that applies to literally everything in the world, but it felt better to blame something I can’t change than to acknowledge that my balance is different than it used to be and that I need to be more careful. But while my fake complaint about gravity was meant to make light of my situation ( no pun intended ), there is an element of truth in it. Which is that we possess bodies that are needy and fragile and that we live in a world that is rigid and unbending. To be human means to constantly be made aware of this. Jesus understood this as He was being crucified. It was gravity that was pulling Him down as He languished on the Cross,...
