For You.

I was asked what I thought of The Passion of Christ. By two of the faith. To one who does not walk in the same light as they do, but tries her best, nonetheless, to stay on the path.

I felt their hungry eyes on me. Waiting. Expectant. Unspoken: He Suffered. He Bled. He Died. For Us. For YOU. Appraising. Judging.

They said so as much - about how Christ suffered and bore the burden for Man. (After I said something 'harmless' about the production.)

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Thoughts I have. But I would not share these with their kind. Because I know they do not care for my thoughts; they only want to hear the echo of their own thoughts. And I know they fear... my questions.

Well, what if He did not suffer, did not bleed, did not die, FOR you?

Would it make any difference to you?

What if He did not bear the Cross FOR you?

Would it be harder for you to stay on the path? Because His Blood is not on YOUR hands? Because you do not feel the burden of your own... Guilt?

Do you walk in the light - for Him? Or yourself?

What if you were not told that He would give you His Strength and His Courage?

Would you call upon your own faith in Him (not His Strength nor His Courage, two different things, believing in Him, and believing He would share His Strength and His Courage with you) and yourself, to continue on the path?