Gethsemanes are places of intimacy. At every crossroad the call is to remember the direction of the Way Himself whom we follow, and He always carries a cross and is going the way of suffering toward a place of dying. Why expect another trajectory when you’re following Him? Cruciform is always the healing trajectory of intimacy. The Suffering Savior wants nothing less than to be with us, and suffering is the way He is for us, near us, and in us. If you want the WayMaker to make a way, know that His way always runs through suffering; He has no other way. Not because He doesn’t love us but
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