Wishing you the happiest Easter/Resurrection Day, as we celebrate Christ laying down His life, so that we might live.
We are celebrating by going to church. Then later for dinner ,we will have deviled eggs, ham, scalloped potatoes, and corn casserole. No Easter baskets for us old folks.
But the message of the day is this:
Have a Blessed Easter!
I’m also celebrating the fact that our missing pilot (SWO Officer) was rescued early on Easter Morning! A true answer to prayer. Here is a link some great reporting of the whole story by Author M.A. Rothman:
I hope you are having a wonderful day as we Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, who was both God in the Flesh and sent by God to die for our sins as the ultimate sacrifice.
I have a beautiful Easter poem for you by Louise Bélanger. She has permitted me to post it prior to publication. It will be part of her upcoming Christian Poetry book, Your Words, Your Hope.
If You Ask Me
Three were crucified
That day
Why Jesus in the middle?
Why not the other two
Together
Next to Jesus?
If you ask me
I tend to think
It’s symbolic
Was the one
Referred to as
The thief on the cross
On His left
Or His right?
If you ask me
The Bible doesn’t say
But I gather His right
As he was saved
Signs
Are all over the Bible
God speaks
Through signs
Jesus will separate
The people
He will place the sheep
On His right
And the goats
On His left
The sheep
Are the saved
The goats
Are not
Three were crucified
That day
Jesus in the middle
If you ask me
I tend to think
It’s symbolic
Of the future
*All rights to IF YOU ASK ME belong to Louise Bélanger. Inspired by Matthew 25:33.
As a Christian, the most important days are Good Friday, which marks the day Jesus was crucified, and Easter, which celebrates his resurrection. That sacrifice made it possible for mankind to enter the Kingdom of God. Have a most blessed day! Below is a poem about the reason for that sacrifice.
Who Killed Me?
Was it the Romans? Or the Jews? Is Pilate to blame? Or the Philistines? Is Judas at fault?
No. I walked into that Garden Knowing I was going to die. It was planned long ago between my Father and Me.
There was agony unmeasured But then I rose As a living sacrifice I paid the price For original sin.
Now I wait in the Kingdom of Heaven Who will join me?
As many times as I’ve heard the crucifixion story, and I’ve heard it all my life, I never could grasp the magnitude of the torture and pain Jesus went through. I went looking for descriptions written by others, and I found this, written by C.S. Lewis, that really helped me see everything Jesus went through.
Lewis was replying to a letter and talking about some people at the time who had objections to one of Jesus’ statements from the cross. Lewis said: “What do these people want? Do they actually visualize Him for 3 hours nailed to a stake–flayed back glued to unplaned wood–Palestinian sun–cloud of insects round head, hands, and feet–the face mask of bruises, pus, spittle, blood, tears & sweat–the lungs gradually tearing owing to the position and then complain–“This doesn’t hurt enough?” This excerpt was taken from The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III.
This description really hits home to me the absolute pain and torture Jesus endured. Add to that the fact that He was the Son of God and he could have ended it instantly if He chose, but instead He endured it all, and gave up his spirit after all prophecy was fulfilled. Imagine having the will to continue being tortured even though you could end it at any time! Imagine asking God to forgive His torturers, even though He had the power to instantly end their lives if He wanted. He endured it all because He was here as a sacrifice for us.
John 19: 28-30 New King James Version: 28 After this, Jesus, [a]knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” 29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. 30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
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