God worked through Moses to save the wandering Israelites. God healed them by the sign of a serpent lifted high above them, an image that reminded them of God’s life-giving power. In the cross of Christ, God again lifts high a sign for us — a reminder of life-giving power. But this time, it is even more.
It is a reminder of God’s love.

God's love is so great it could not be confined to one city or one country or one continent — it simply had to be for the world. It is a love so great it could not be satisfied with one human lifetime — it simply had to be forever. It is a love so great it could not be shown by a statue on a stick — it had to be brought down to us by God’s own Son, God’s own Self.
It is a love so great that gazing up at it isn’t enough — we simply must believe.

By Nikki Finkelstein-Blair from d365.org