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Standing at the Cross in a Car Park

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In different ways, and with several different people, I've spent time this week exploring brokenness, accompanying heavy heartedness, finding no easy answers, and humbled by the trust of other people who share from the deep places.

Walking through the car park in Inverurie earlier today, a car's headlights highlighted the worn parking markings. On a cold, dark, November evening, a broken cross, became a reminder of Someone Else who explored our brokenness, accompanies the heavy hearted, found no easy answers, and humbled himself to win the trust of those he always comes looking for.

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Haiku about Standing in a Car Park in the Rain

Strange epiphany
of that other place and time
God touched the broken.

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3 responses to “Standing at the Cross in a Car Park”

  1. Stuart Murdoch avatar
    Stuart Murdoch

    Thank you for this thoughtful reflection. It reminds me of statement made by a son at th funeral of his dad when the son said “My father taught me that a stranger is a friend we just don’t know yet.” On so many levels this is a challenging statement. Get the truth of it is so profound that our Heavenly Father has taught us that a Stranger (Jesus) is a friend we just a don’t know yet. As I reflection on this post and the sacrifice Jesus made, and the way he ministered to the women at the tomb and the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. The stranger truly became the friend they did not know. Thanks Jim for this reflection.

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    Stuart Murdoch

    Thank you for this thoughtful reflection. It reminds me of statement made by a son at th funeral of his dad when the son said “My father taught me that a stranger is a friend we just don’t know yet.” On so many levels this is a challenging statement. Get the truth of it is so profound that our Heavenly Father has taught us that a Stranger (Jesus) is a friend we just a don’t know yet. As I reflection on this post and the sacrifice Jesus made, and the way he ministered to the women at the tomb and the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. The stranger truly became the friend they did not know. Thanks Jim for this reflection.

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  3. Stuart Murdoch avatar
    Stuart Murdoch

    Thank you for this thoughtful reflection. It reminds me of statement made by a son at th funeral of his dad when the son said “My father taught me that a stranger is a friend we just don’t know yet.” On so many levels this is a challenging statement. Get the truth of it is so profound that our Heavenly Father has taught us that a Stranger (Jesus) is a friend we just a don’t know yet. As I reflection on this post and the sacrifice Jesus made, and the way he ministered to the women at the tomb and the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. The stranger truly became the friend they did not know. Thanks Jim for this reflection.

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