Where WOULD we be?

We sang this song yesterday in church...and I've been thinking about it ever since choir practice last week.

(Note: this is not my church's choir)

"I would be lost...without the cross."

Miriam-Webster dictionary defines the word "lost" this way:

1: not made use of, won, or claimed

2 a : no longer possessed b : no longer known

3: ruined or destroyed physically or morally : desperate

4 a : taken away or beyond reach or attainment : denied lost to the faith>
b : insensible, hardened <lost to shame>

5 a : unable to find the way b : no longer visible c : lacking assurance or self-confidence : helpless

6: rapt, absorbed <lost in reverie>

7: not appreciated or understood : wasted lost on me>

8: obscured or overlooked during a process or activity <lost in translation>

9: hopelessly unattainable : futile lost cause>

source: Miriam-Webster dictionary online

I know I can apply 3 and 5a to my everyday life...and as I sit and ponder the other meanings, I can certainly find application for them as well!

How about you, my friends? Where would YOU be without the cross?

We observed The Lord's Supper yesterday during service and our Pastor shared a quote prior...but because I can't remember the author, it won't be verbatim! The gist of it was that Jesus, Who was without sin, took up the cross on behalf of you and I. At any point, He could have said "Did you drop this? Is this yours?" But He didn't...He carried it all the way to Calvary, where He laid down and was nailed to it, and died, in our place.

Oh yes...I would be so lost without the cross. Thank you, Jesus.

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 NIV

The journey

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NIV