Yesterday, I wrote about self-advocacy for people who have a really hard time standing up for what they need and how they wish to be treated. But as I was thinking about why the image of the trial lawyer and client mattered so much to me, I realized that so many of us never felt like someone stood up for us. We don’t know what that looks like.
What if we went deeper into the trial lawyer’s idea: Imagine now that you’re not the advocate. Jesus is the advocate, and He announces to the court, “My client (child) needs this. She will not accept this. She is asking for this.” Can you imagine? Can you imagine that, in the heavenly realms, Jesus is interceding for us right this very moment?