My heart aches as I think about what Christ did for us 2000 years ago. I just got back from my church's Good Friday service. Honestly, I wasn't expecting it to affect me the way that it did. We basically worshipped God the whole time and I found myself weeping because I couldn't fathom how God would send His only son to die for ME. Me who has screwed up uncountable times, me who is a walking contradiction, me who desperately loves God but fails each and every single day. How can God love a sinner? How can His love be so deep and intimate that He can forgive us of our same mistakes day after day? I can't imagine, I guess that's why He is God and I'm not. As I sit here typing away, I'm thinking why is it called Good Friday? To Jesus' disciples there was nothing "good" about today at all. Their messiah died a horrible death, reserved for those who are thieves and of the lowest class. As I sat in the service crying, I thought how can God still love me? For that matter, how can God still love every single person in this sanctuary? We fail day after day, and yet Jesus is still beside us loving us more than ever and forgiving us. He is our Teacher, teaching us to be more like Him and less like ourselves. When I think about today 2000 years ago, even though I'm filled with shame and regrets from my past, I also feel God's love even more surrounding me. I can feel Him telling me it's ok to feel ashamed, but He still loves me and always will. It is so hard to grasp that sometimes in our hectic lives, I have been trying to go through life with this in mind: How can I be scared, worried, or nervous when I have the God who made the entire universe who loves ME personally and who is beside me. As you go about your Easter activites, think about this: God sent His son so that we may live, not sit and do nothing, but be a light and do something. I pray that all of us (including me) will grasp this, that we are God's children and He will love us no matter what. We will make mistakes, but He is always there.
Here is the verse of the day:
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son that Whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." ~John 3:16
8 years ago
