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Jesus sends us into the world to proclaim the good news to all creation. But do we know and believe that the Good News is actually good news?

Just like the three women at the tomb, Christ's death and resurrection means that we can each have a story. We each have an active role in the mission of the church because Christ's story is now our story.

With all of the important "things" of Christianity, we need to be reminded of the main thing - everythig flows out of our love for Jesus and finding him beautiful.

This passage shows us why Jesus' humanity was important. He took on our weakness and therefore our suffering, so that he could transform it. Because he did that, we can take on his strength. When we become aware of the gap between our love and his love, or our perseverance and his, rather than despair, we can call him into the gap and depend on his strength.

There are competing for justice - one that takes our propensity for idolatry seriously and one that underesimates the condition of the human heart. Often our attempts at justice simply create more injustice. What are we to do? If we are going to pursue justice we must start with Jesus.

We might think that trusting Jesus as Lord hinges on how well we can hold on to him, but what if it actually had more to do with his hold on us?