Red. The color of anger. The color of hate. The color of pain. There is so much red in the world. Sometimes it's overwhelming. I sit and listen and I hear... red. Anger at the government. Anger at systems. Anger at corporations. Anger at institutions. Anger at each other. Anger at self. Anger at the pain we feel. Pain from loving and losing. Pain from rejection. Pain from watching another's pain. Pain from the emptiness inside that can't seem to be filled... with anything. Pain and anger sprouting from fear. Fear of losing. Fear of missing out. Fear of pain. Fear of being too much or not enough. Fear the emptiness will never be filled. Red dipped in red garnished with red. So much red it makes my heart ache.
But there is another side to red. Red is the color of life--the blood running through our veins. Red is the color of love, of the heart.
And during this time of the year, Christians celebrate RED:
The color of Anger so hot it sent an innocent man to death.
The color of Pain as Jesus was abandoned, scourged, pierced with nails, and left to die.
The color of Love as He allowed it to happen. "Father forgive them/Father let them."
And the color of LIFE because Jesus didn't stay dead. He came back--for us.
And His RED can cure our red. It has the capacity to fill the emptiness inside. It has the power to diffuse our anger and pain and fear and give us peace. It has the power to give abundant life, now and forever. To Christ followers, death is just a speedbump.
Friends, God loves you. He longs to be known by you. He longs for you to trust Him. He longs to pour out His RED on you that you may filled. Trade all your red, your anger and fear and hate and pain, for His RED and find true Life/Love.
