Contemplative Bible Reading

Mark 14:33 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and horrified.

I find the words used in this translation to be fascinating. Jesus was distressed and horrified. Horrified? Jesus? He had all power. What horrified Him?

I think we could write a dissertation or two on this. Jesus was about to take on my sins and nail them to the cross. My sins. How could my sins horrify Jesus? That means that my sins are horrible to Jesus. Oh, ooops.

My sins are horrible to Jesus.

Well, okay. That about sums it up pretty well for me. And to think that Jesus took my sins voluntarily. Does my life show appropriate (or any) appreciation? This isn’t a very upbeat little blog post, is it? There are times when a little sobering is needed (like daily).