Behold the lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world.
—John 1.29
Behold the presence of God
made vulnerable among us.
Our sin is not that we are evil
but that we can’t claim our belovedness.
From our sin, this fear and distrust,
comes all evil.
Jesus relieves us of this fear
and restores our trust,
bears our fear in vulnerability,
even to the cross,
so we will know we are beloved,
at one—atoned—with God.
To follow him is to bear away the world’s fear
and restore their trust in their belovedness.
Jesus, thank you
for taking away my fear.
Help me to stop trying
to take it back.