God Made the Bridge

Bridge of the Faithful

When I was a child, someone once described the cross as a bridge connecting us to God. This left an imprinted, beautiful image in my mind that I’ve always wanted to share. Understanding this cross-bridge is quintessential to understanding everything else that comes from the Bridge of the Faithful podcast. The Inca tribe from Peru have provided a metaphor that explains the idea that comes to my mind when I think of the cross as a bridge. Though the imagery does not come close to explaining the beautiful, perilous route that Jesus went through to build it, I hope you can get one step closer to understanding how much Jesus loved you. Enough to risk everything to bring you back where you belong: right at His side!

Romans 8:35-39 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow-note even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.