Good Friday/Easter

Today is Good Friday and as a believer I couldn't let this day go by without blogging about what it means to me that Christ died on the cross for my sins.

Do you have the resurrection eggs? We do and I love to do it with my kids. There are 12 eggs and within each egg there is an object that tells the story of Christ leading up to his death and resurrection. If you don't have this, you can order it on line through Family Life or buy it at a Christian book store.

Anyway, in one egg there is a nail, another egg has the thorny crown and another egg has a spear. These three object lessons remind me that it was painful for Christ to hang on a cross with nails hammered into his hands and feet. He had a crown made of thorns pushed down on his head and when he died, the soldiers stabbed him in the sides with their spears and he bled.

As well as this horrible pain, he was humiliated (spat on, made fun of, whipped, had his only possessions taken away (his clothes)). Makes me put things into perspective.

I am also reminded that Jesus was a man, he didn't want to suffer and die, he asked his father to take this from him, but in the same sentence he say "Your will be done". If only we prayed like this!

The good news is after he died, he rose three days later as it was prophesied. Because He is Risen we are able to live with him for eternity, if we are his children.
Thank you for our Redeemer. Thank you for your grace Lord. Thank you for adopting me into your family.

"There is a redeemer, Jesus, God's own Son. Precious Lamb Of God, Messiah, Holy One. Thank you O my Father, for giving us your Son. And keeping your presence on Earth ,until your work is done."

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave us His only Son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life."