coming down

Last night Louie Gigglio shared a story of climbing one of the tallest Alps. He said he climbed it and at the top he felt the conquest was finally his. The top was about 50 feet long and about 2 feet wide in a wedge shape. He shared that the toughest part of the whole deal was actually going down. He had trained for months and months to climb the mountain and upon his quest he was estatic about his accomplishments, then he began the journey down. He said it was right then that he realized he had trained for the easy part. The climb up was nothing compared to the climb down.
He made a very good point. We think about our going to heaven, Jesus' dying on the cross and raising again but seldom do we think about the fact that Jesus left heaven and became flesh. He left a place where everything was perfect and he was seated on a throne to come to earth and become a common man. A common man who was not even excepted by those He came to save.
THink about a time when you had to do something. Like maybe go to the dentist for a filling or root canal. You dread it for a long time, then you go through the procedure and when you're at home later that day you're relieved that its' over. Or being on vacation and thinking about going to work, you're enjoying your vacation and someone uses that 4 letter word -WORK- and you start thinking about it and immmediately you are robbed of your last day or so of vacation.
Remember that, Jesus left a perfect life with His Father to be turned down and rejected, beaten and Crucified for you!