WHAT HAS TO BE CARRIED BY ME, MUST BE DONE ONLY BY ME
Pic.: Rajiv Sharma T his is Lent. The last days of Jesus Christ’s life... They are packed with His human experiences... his fear, anxiety, pain, suffering, humiliation... and, then, the passion, prayer, faith, courage and mighty resolve... As a Christ’s follower, this part of His life leaves me shaken, humbled, inspired and, yes, confident. As a Christian, I am, also, taught, that Christ had come on earth, taking His human form, to save the mankind... save me. So, we call Him the Salvador ... the Savior. However, faith of my religion aside, I seriously feel, Jesus Christ should not have come to save us, the sinners. God, Jesus’ Father, had shown no mercy when Adam and Eve had sinned. He had thrown them out of the Eden Garden , saying, in no uncertain terms: “ By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. ” I ask God, “Why did You send, then, Your own Son to bail us out from our sins?” But, ...