A Call to Higher Ground

These emblems picture how much God loves us. Our hands, so to speak, hold the pierced hand of broken flesh and shed blood. The difference between our hands and his corresponds with the differences between everyday love and absolute devotion.

What we contemplate here is of primary concern. Love given triggers love returned. It calls us to respond in kind and raises the bar from wherever it is to its highest level. It puts in perspective how far we have yet to go in becoming what we have the potential to become. “We have not yet resisted unto blood in striving against sin” (Hebrews 12:4).