The essay today from “Bread and Wine” is written by Peter Kreeft and entitled “Shared Hells.” A rather abrasive title but a powerful thought about the depth of Christ’s incarnation and crucifixion. The best way to get to Kreeft’s point is through this quote, “Does he (Christ) descend into all our hells? Yes. In the unforgettable line of Corrie ten Booom (google her kids) from the depths of a Nazi death camp, ‘No matter how deep our darkness, he (Christ) is deeper still.’” In the past when I have thought about “how deep and how wide and how long” (Ephesians 3:18) the love of Christ is, I haven’t considered how His incarnation and death embodied this. I know I was supposed to, but I hadn’t really until know. In this journey of Lent 2020 may the depth of change and weirdness be gloriously exceeded by the depth of Christ. May we be Christ and descend with others as He as descended with us.
Grace and Peace.