It's Friday...Jesus is being betrayed, abducted, abandoned by his closest companions, tried, lied about, beaten, spat upon, scourged, crowned with thorns, beaten with whips, left all alone, cursed at, mocked and laughed at, falsely accused, beaten again...
It's Friday...He's feeling the awesome burden headed His way. The burden destined for Him. He is the only one sufficient for this terrible journey. No one else could measure up to this horrific requirement. Jesus is nailed to a cross. As He hangs there between earth and heaven, He suffers, unfairly, for my sin and yours. He gasps, He hurts beyond measure, and the dark burden of sin and death overcomes the Lamb of God, and He dies, separated from His Father for the first (and only) time...
It's Friday...Jesus willingly takes up what you and I left behind (or will leave behind), the sin of every man, woman and child. No one made Him do anything. Jesus willingly laid down His life, and He took it up again (John 10:18).
It's Friday...but Sunday's a Comin'
About Me
- Paul Pettefer
- I'm just a regular guy who's been overwhelmed by an Indescribable God! So I'm wanting every moment of my life to count for what matters the very most. This results is me owning a business, learning to smoke some really good BBQ and making more and more friends as I share it with groups, large and small, and modeling a lifestyle of engagement because of Jesus via www.theCityShouldBeDifferent.com.
Birth pains of America
Washington Crossing the Deleware...I love this country!
2 comments:
AMEN! What a great reminder! And we can remember during our "Fridays" when life is hard and rough and discouraging and painful and unfair, that our Sonday is coming!
Peace be with you. Never let go. Feed the lambs. Spread the good news. Include our mother earth in your prayers.That we humans will know how to live in harmony with nature, with one another. God bless.
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