" All that I am I give to you, and all that I have I share with you,” says the bride to her groom on their wedding day. This is a profound mystery, but I am talking about the cross. For on the cross we shared with Christ all that we have. Born of Mary, he had already come to share our flesh and blood; on the cross we then gave to him all our sin, our death, our shame. The loving Bridegroom took the sorrows and sickness of his Bride down to death to bury them forever. "

― Michael Reeves , Rejoicing in Christ