Once, a leader asked me if I would like to be equal to Jesus. Without hesitation I answered yes, are you sure? I continue saying, "Yes" and affirm it without hesitation, bringing to my thoughts the miracles that Jesus did, how to restore Bartholomew's sight, to resuscitate Jairus' daughter, to calm the winds that hit the sea or why not, to turn water into wine . He asked again: Then would you like to be humiliated? I did not have to keep asking. I understood perfectly the point he made and the face of the coin with which we sometimes look at things. It is a good feeling to want to be like Jesus, Paul tried to be an imitator of Him and His behavior, but the reality is that when we want to be like Him, the virtues come along with other sufferings that are not so pleasant.
Jesus was reviled, humiliated, mocked, and killed. All that suffering was simply for Love, and that great love is to suffer for those who would deny it anyway. Of course, it is to have a supernatural love. When I think of this, I am captivated again by the fact of following Christ, it renews my desire to continue learning from Him, and above all things, to walk this pilgrimage of life, taking my cross every day and carrying it on my back knowing that I am not alone, His promise not to leave us is latent and it encourages me to try to look to Him as much as possible, although that goal will take me my whole life without achieving it, I am sure that at the end of my career, I will have created a habit of a more perfect love.
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