All Christians should recognize something of this fear-filled reaction to the cross. It is an intense, wonderful, and normal experience for Christians. However, we also sigh at how it is too rare an experience. Our self-involved pride puts up its every barrier to such humiliation at the feet of Christ, even though that abasement there is so sweet. Such weak-kneed fear is a rare jewel because it is the experience of one who is willingly dying to self.
