We were at a science museum yesterday, and when we were walking out, it felt like I was covered in germs. Going to places with hundreds of small children in the midst of flu season, I'm extra conscious of the reality of contamination.
Here is Jesus, who is perfect in purity. When confronted with a funeral bier, which is the most contaminated thing around, he doesn't shy away from it. He walks up and touches it, filled with compassion for the suffering widow. He doesn't shrink back from our contamination, because he is able to purify and cleanse it. He enters into our suffering, redeeming it through his perfection.
Thanks be to God that Jesus doesn't remain distant. He comes into our worlds, into our lives, so that we might have hope.
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