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Oberammergau, Germany
Oberammergau is known for its wood carvings, many of which are religious. This man is known as a Kraxentrager, a traveling salesman. He carried his heavy wooden backpack (Kraxe) with wood trinkets from house-to-house in the hope of making a sale. (I encourage you to enlarge this picture and see what wears this Kraxentrager carries).
He looks sullen. Carrying his Kraxe was hard work with no guarantee of making a sale.
I see this same look on the faces of others. It is the look of people who carry around their sins, brokenness and struggles
This is also the look of Christ as he bore his cross. "He carried his own cross and went out of the city to a location called The Skull. (In Hebrew this place is called Golgotha.)" John 19:17 God's Word to the Nations
He was carrying more than a cross. He carried our sins, brokenness and struggles. He has freed us from our load.
Only a few steps away from this Kraxentrager was a Crucifix. I can't help but see in both pictures the work of God on our behalf. What we've peddled has been placed upon Christ and since it has been placed on Christ we're free.
With this freedom God gives us a gift. It is the gift of peace. No longer do we carry the sins, brokenness and struggles of life. We carry the peace that passes all understanding. It is God's gift to us today.
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He looks sullen. Carrying his Kraxe was hard work with no guarantee of making a sale.
I see this same look on the faces of others. It is the look of people who carry around their sins, brokenness and struggles
This is also the look of Christ as he bore his cross. "He carried his own cross and went out of the city to a location called The Skull. (In Hebrew this place is called Golgotha.)" John 19:17 God's Word to the Nations
He was carrying more than a cross. He carried our sins, brokenness and struggles. He has freed us from our load.
Only a few steps away from this Kraxentrager was a Crucifix. I can't help but see in both pictures the work of God on our behalf. What we've peddled has been placed upon Christ and since it has been placed on Christ we're free.
With this freedom God gives us a gift. It is the gift of peace. No longer do we carry the sins, brokenness and struggles of life. We carry the peace that passes all understanding. It is God's gift to us today.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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