As staff we experience Jesus in deep ways when studying scripture with students. Here is the story of one such encounter from Esther Chu in St Louis.
I was originally just hoping to debrief Fall Conference with Michelle* but when I asked how her week was she shared about the death of a close family friend that had just occurred and how shaken up she was about it but also how she felt this need to be strong and not cry about it. Amazingly, I had been prepping John 11 (Lazarus) for another meeting. So, while I wasn’t sure how to minister to her, I asked her if she would be open to reading this passage with me as I have been thinking about it too.
As she read it, we had a really good discussion. In the end, she said something that was so profound I’m still thinking about it now. She said, “Jesus wants to be invited into our deep pain and places of death, and when he comes he weeps with us, but also when he comes he can’t help but to bring himself. And He is Life—so we bring life when we invite him into the pain of death”.
Isn’t it amazing that as we bring scripture to students, they bring scripture to us in new ways and ways that minister to our souls as well? I’m grateful for that.