“We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses…” – Hebrews 4:15
We all have weak places — emotional exhaustion, private fears, old wounds that still ache. Most of the time, we’d rather hide them than name them.
Advent says you don’t have to.
Jesus entered the world not as a distant deity but as a suffering Savior.
Not above weakness, but into it.
Not avoiding pain, but carrying it. Your weakness is not a barrier to Him — it’s the very place where He chooses to meet you.
“I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.” – Charles H. Spurgeon
Contemplative Question: Where is the weak, tender, or hidden place in your life that you most resist inviting Jesus into—and what might it look like to let Him meet you there with compassion today?
Prayer: Jesus, meet me in the places I’d rather hide. Be gentle with my weakness. Heal what hurts. Amen.
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