Trail of tears

Fellow Labourers-

The trail of tears should help us to see the relevance of "beyond the walls." Within the walls our focus tends to be mostly vertical thus ignoring our horizontal reach. Mark you, it could have been our horizontal reach that caused our vertical reach. What this article is helping us to do, is to continue to see the atoning work of Jesus as a continuum.

As I think about it I see Christ at the centre of a set of concentric circles. His position is fixed in terms of his purpose, but his atoning blood span the gamut of every sin. No one is unreachable, and no one is untouchable. However, he is waiting on us who have already tasted of this amazing love, to spread it far and wide. Those of us familiar with history will remember that Texas was a part of Mexico, before the American annexation. Those of us from rural Jamaica know only too well the story of lands being lost because of poverty and illiteracy.

Yes, there are trails of tears everywhere, but thank God for the efficacious blood of Jesus Christ. His blood can never lose its power.


Pax Vobiscum

Robert Stewart