Dying

"We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also is revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over the death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body." I Cor. 4:10-11

No one could have ever dreamed up the Christian faith. A death that leads to life; dying so that we might live. "When God calls a man, He bids him come and die." (Bonhoeffer). Dying to selfishness, envy, pride, greed, and vanity is difficult and we never get good at it. Nothing leaves us emptier than being full of ourselves. Nothing gives us greater joy than emptying ourselves and being filled with God's Spirit.