What an interesting phenomenon is the solar eclipse. Though the sun is roughly 400 times bigger, the moon is roughly 400 times closer to the earth. So when the sun and the moon align themselves just so, for those brief seconds, the moon is able to block the view of the sun from earth. Darkness will fall in the middle of the day as the sun is eclipsed. So something doesn’t have to be big to be able to block one’s view of something much greater.

So, you clicked this link to read on. So here’s the rest of the story. Well, if you are interested to know, I am willing to share.

This story is my story. And my story is Jesus. I believe we are all actually living out His-story. Yes, I’m a clinician, I continue to be a student of science, and I am fully convinced that this vast universe that we are a  part of is here by design. The mechanism of how it all comes together is contested, but whenever I consider the eyes and how it is we can see the world around us, and how that is related to language, learning, love, and beauty, I become more convinced than ever that all that our eyes can take in of creation, that beauty is intentional.

So then, why Jesus? Well, I must say that Jesus resonates. The Biblical account of how man came into being resonates. Even why humanity exists resonates. Even the way the Bible calls me out as a sinner resonates. And we measure time by His appearing. There are many calendar systems of this world, but the one used universally measures time according to Christ. B.C. stands for Before Christ, and A.D. anno domini, the year of the Lord, the Lord Christ. Christ is central. Why is His birth universally celebrated, over the centuries? Could a Jewish carpenter’s son warrant such an honor if He were merely that? And why does the symbol of the cross appear wherever there is healing, rescue, and salvation? Have we forgotten that crucifixion is a cruel and painful form of execution?

So, back to Calvary, at the Cross of Jesus, God who became man to right the course of humanity, took on sin for all mankind. The Son of God is righteous altogether but bore humanity’s collective unrighteousness. He who is light would appear to have been swallowed by darkness. For those hours He hung on the cross, it would appear that evil triumphed over good. It was while He bore our sins, that the Bible, along with regional historians of that time, recorded the sun being darkened for about three hours. That was not a solar eclipse, could I say it was a Son eclipse. The One who fed the 5000 with 5 loaves of bread and a few fish, cast out the demons, caused the blind to see, brought the dead to life, this One was nailed to a Roman cross of execution and remained there until He died. In a single location, a moment in time, all evil focused in on one Man. Did He not change the course of humanity by dying and taking all of us with Him?

If the account ended at the Cross, there would be no reason to celebrate. His heart was pierced through, they wrapped Him in grave clothes, and buried Him in the tomb. But just like a grain of wheat gets buried in soil, dies, and comes back to life to bear a bunch of grains of wheat, our Jesus was buried, and on the third day, He appeared to His disciples once again, ALIVE, to over 500 people. He took humanity with Him in victory over death. And humanity’s course got righted because His life in resurrection is meant to be shared.

How do I know this? The Bible, which has proven to be trustworthy over centuries, nearly 2 millennia, and over all the decades I have read it to heart, tells me so. How do I get to share in this resurrection (life overcoming death) life of Jesus? I put my trust in Jesus, in His-story. And that is what others have done and shared with me. And He wants to share His life with everyone who believes. And with all humility, I share what I have enjoyed of His life with you.