“As God took Eve out of the side of Adam and formed a woman, so out of the wounded heart of Jesus, God is forming a new race, and that new race is going to be the ultimate human race.” - A.W. Tozer

We do not have a God who is unable to sympathize with us (Hebrews 4:15).

We have a God who bears eternal scars (John 20:27).

We have a God who has brought healing to our sin-sick hearts through His suffering (Isaiah 53:5).

We have a God who has brought peace to His people for enduring our punishment (Isaiah 53:5).

We have a God who for the joy set before Him endured the cross (Hebrews 12:2).

Peace, joy and life to the full are the new reality for this new humanity, thanks be to God.

“For He Himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that He might create in Himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.” Ephesians 2:14-16

God, may the peace that we have with you through Christ make us peacemakers among friends and enemies alike. May we live like the representatives of this new humanity - live as carriers of the light and life of Jesus. In His name, amen.

Grateful,