Loving the One Who Suffers

Kierkegaard said that he who himself does not wish to suffer cannot love him who has. We can not love Christ if we do not share in His sufferings and identify with Him in pain, humiliation and sorrow. Neither can we rejoice and participate in His Resurrection if we could not weep while He was on the Cross. Most of us have forgotten that the call to discipleship most definitely means suffering. Lent is a reminder of God's limiting Himself to become the lowliest of men and a chance for us to limit ourselves just a little bit to be closer to Jesus.