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Backstory: 
While I was sitting in church one day, I came upon this scripture in Hebrews 12:2: “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” This scripture led me to dip deeper into the meanings behind some of the words in the scripture. So I went on a personal journey with this scripture that I wanted to share. I want to dissect this scripture more so I can apply it in my life more.

The Author and Finisher of My Faith

Jesus being the Author of our Faith made me think of Jesus having authority from His Father to be our Redeemer,
He also had the authority to perform what He did on the earth and from His duty He didn’t shrink either.
Jesus being the author can also mean He is the Captain or Chief Leader,
And because Jesus is the leader, we can always count on Him to lead us on a good path and be our Prime Keeper.

Jesus as the Finisher of our Faith made me think that He completes our faith and without Him we could never be complete,
This made me think that without Jesus and His Atoning sacrifice we would always be incomplete.
I definitely can’t imagine my life without knowing about Jesus and that knowledge makes my faith more concrete,
My life would be utterly wasted and empty without Jesus and things could never taste sweet.

This scripture also says that “for the joy that was set before Jesus, He endured the cross”,
I thought it was interesting that the words Joy and Cross are together and the meaning can to us come across.
Jesus endured the cross because of His love for us, for without Him our lives would be dross,
And Jesus knew what He had to endure but He did it and the pain of His suffering He didn’t want to toss.

I’m sure that enduring the cross was very hard and painful,
Our lives aren’t easy sometimes but because of Jesus we can be more hopeful.
Hopeful that He endured our trials and we don’t need to do it alone, for this should make us more grateful,
Because of Jesus we should want to repent and for our sins we should feel shameful.

But because Jesus suffered, we should let that shame bring us to our knees,
Jesus endured everything we could ever endure and we just need to say “please”.
Please Jesus help us to become better so that we can be with you again and have more ease,
Because of Jesus I can always have hope like when on my face I can feel a warm spring breeze.

The Takeaway: When we have a hard day when we feel like we can’t make it anymore, we can count on Jesus, our Savior, to be with us to help us keep going. He knows how we are feeling at any moment and He can help us heal and feel better.

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