I believe Jesus lived a human life.
I believe that the challenges and difficulties in my life are nothing compared to those than Jesus faced with love, courage, wisdom and grace.
Do I think I have
fewer resources for dealing with my challenges than Jesus had?
Do I think Jesus
did not experience the full array of common human feelings, including anger, frustration, discouragement, fatigue, ennui, yearning, confusion and doubt? I do not. But I believe He had an extremely
powerful resource for dealing with such feelings: his connection to God, the Holy
Spirit, and the spirit of Love, particularly of his fellow human beings.
Can we today not develop that resource, that spiritual connection?
I believe the questions become, first, do I believe I can do that? If so, what am I willing to do to honor and to strengthen my connection to God, the Holy
Spirit, and the spirit of Love?
