The Lord my Saviour

My church's women's group met again on Saturday to get to know and care for one another a little more and to meditate on "El Señor mi Salvador" (the Lord my Saviour). After hearing a brief talk we were given time to consider: "¿Qué significa para ti que El Señor sea tu Salvador?" (What does it mean for you that the Lord is your Saviour?). It's good to be asked questions that force you to think in a new way.

What Jesus did on the cross was simple. I know it well and can tell it to a child. Yet it was so profound that my mind falters and cannot take it in. With the song, I say "Why should I gain from his reward? I cannot give an answer. But this I know with all my heart: his wounds have paid my ransom."

This too I know: What Jesus did on the cross has given me everything. Without it I would be nothing; with it I have all I need, now and for the future. It has made me who I am today and who I will be tomorrow. If he were not first my Saviour, I could not bring myself to follow him as Lord, nor would I wish to. When I'm confused, guilty or sorrowful, the cross is all that remains and all I need. Everything else may disappoint, but the cross is always true and, because of it, I am kept safe, even when my mind is clouded and I doubt. Without the cross, life is often nonsensical and enigmatic and there is striving and no peace. In the cross rests my security, hope and peace. For when I needed rescuing, he rescued me.