{"id":33949,"date":"2026-04-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cogop.org\/la-belleza-de-la-cruz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:00:00","slug":"la-belleza-de-la-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cogop.org\/es\/la-belleza-de-la-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"La belleza de la cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u201cPorque la palabra de la cruz es locura a los que se pierden; pero a los que se salvan, esto es, a nosotros, es poder de Dios\u201d.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(1 Corintios 1:18)<br \/>Siempre me han gustado los himnos. Tengo recuerdos entra\u00f1ables de cantarlos en la iglesia, y a\u00fan recuerdo las letras de los himnos de mi infancia. Los himnos tienen temas o palabras recurrentes, entre ellos est\u00e1 la \u2018cruz\u2019, uno de los m\u00e1s destacados. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 es importante que reflexionemos sobre la cruz, especialmente durante la temporada de Semana Santa?    <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Reflexionamos sobre la cruz porque lo que antes fue dise\u00f1ado para una muerte dolorosa, ahora es un s\u00edmbolo de vida. <\/i>Constantemente, en nuestras vidas y ministerios, nos enfrentamos con la muerte; sentimos el peso de nuestras propias cargas y tambi\u00e9n el sufrimiento de los dem\u00e1s. Nos enfrentamos a la cruda realidad de que el mundo es injusto y est\u00e1 quebrantado por el pecado. Pero la cruz nos brinda esperanza de vida. As\u00ed como la historia de Cristo no termin\u00f3 en el G\u00f3lgota, nuestro camino en Cristo no termina con la muerte, sino con la eternidad. \u201cPorque si fuimos plantados juntamente con \u00e9l en la semejanza de su muerte, as\u00ed tambi\u00e9n lo seremos en la de su resurrecci\u00f3n\u201d (Romanos 6:5).      <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Reflexionamos sobre la cruz porque lo que antes fue un castigo atroz, hoy es la se\u00f1al de la recompensa que nos espera. <\/i>Como l\u00edderes y ministros, sabemos que servir a los dem\u00e1s no es una tarea f\u00e1cil. Hemos aceptado voluntaria y obedientemente una carga que a veces resulta abrumadoramente dif\u00edcil. En ocasiones se escasean las fuerzas para continuar respondiendo al llamado que se nos ha sido dado. Pero es ah\u00ed donde la cruz nos da prop\u00f3sito. Sabemos que nuestra labor tiene trascendencia espiritual y que la resurrecci\u00f3n de Cristo es una realidad y que \u00c9l cumple Sus promesas, pues las Escrituras dicen \u201cque [\u00c9l] es galardonador de los que le buscan\u201d (Hebreos 11:6).    <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Reflexionamos sobre la cruz porque lo que antes era un instrumento de humillaci\u00f3n, ahora es un s\u00edmbolo de victoria. <\/i>La vida est\u00e1 llena de altibajos. La mayor\u00eda de nosotros hemos tenido fracasos m\u00e1s de lo que nos gustar\u00eda admitir: oraciones no contestadas, proyectos que no dieron los resultados esperados, oportunidades ministeriales que no dieron los frutos que esper\u00e1bamos, la recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos en la que invertimos tiempo y esfuerzo y no alcanzamos el objetivo. A pesar de la frustraci\u00f3n que todo esto nos trae, mantenemos nuestra mirada en Aquel que ya venci\u00f3 y que nos ha hecho m\u00e1s que vencedores.  <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Al permanecer anclados en la cruz, nos aferramos a la esperanza nacida de la resurrecci\u00f3n. Durante esta temporada de Semana Santa, mantengamos nuestra mirada fija en la belleza de la cruz y elevemos nuestras voces en canto con el himn\u00f3grafo: <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Oh, yo siempre amar\u00e9 esa cruz,<br \/>\nEn sus triunfos mi gloria ser\u00e1,<br \/>\nY alg\u00fan d\u00eda en vez de una cruz,<br \/>\nMi corona, Jes\u00fas, me dar\u00e1,<br \/>\nMi corona, Jes\u00fas, me dar\u00e1.<br \/>\n(George Bennard, \u201cLa cruz de Jes\u00fas, 1913)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPorque la palabra de la cruz es locura a los que se pierden; pero a los que se salvan, esto es, a nosotros, es poder de Dios\u201d. (1 Corintios 1:18)Siempre me han gustado los himnos. Tengo recuerdos entra\u00f1ables de cantarlos en la iglesia, y a\u00fan recuerdo las letras de los himnos de mi infancia. 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