Thy Kingdom Come: A Blumhardt Reader - Plough

N o N o N E N T I T I E sWhoever is demeaned and troubled has the sympathyof God. I might even say that our dear God can’t seeour sins for the sheer suffering that is present, his heart wellingup in love for the lowly ones in this world upon whompeople wrongly pass judgment...All sufferers, through theirvery suffering, should become bound to God...The sufferershould be so positioned that he comes to experience greatfriendship, while the suffering itself comes to be identified asthe enemy of both God and man, interposing itself betweenthem. The suffering, then, becomes a third party, the onethat is to be evicted from the house.The savior has two sides which make him great. Theone side is that he recognizes people as his own, seeing inthem his own property. Also, he can communicate withthem, instantly establishing a relationship with whomeverhe will.But he also has a second side by which people understandhim and can easily develop a relationship from themselves tohim. One thing cannot be denied: there is no individual sooutwardly and so inwardly degenerate that, when he encountersthe Savior, does not feel, “He truly wants me!” Immediatelythat person comes alive and, at the same time,discovers Jesus in his heart. Then there comes a sense ofcommunity—and after that, no questions are asked...Jesus0