Saturday, April 18, 2009

new beginnings...

Easter has come and gone... and I have once again been reminded of God's awesome love for me... that He should die for my sins and then rise again, bringing me new life... and new beginnings!! May God's blessings be on each of you, as every day we rise with the knowledge that we are an Easter People, and that we have an awesome God who is ever faithful in His love towards us!!

Praise God!! Christ has risen indeed!!

Friday, April 10, 2009

God's Love and Mercy is So Great...

To get to Easter, you have to go through Good Friday... which wasn't so "good" when it happened... Jesus' blood, Jesus' life for our sins... the price for our salvation... the price for our reconciliation with God... a brutal and savage act done to one who was innocent of any sin... for my sins and your sins... because God loves us so much...

"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:16-17

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Faith Reflections: Knowing the Cost...

Too often, we think of doing something for someone else, but then when we realize what it will cost us, many times we decide not to do it, because the cost will be too high... either it will take too much money or too much time or will take away from our popularity with others or... well, you get the picture.

But not Jesus... he knew the cost... Jesus knew his journey to Jerusalem would cost him everything he could give... he knew he would be welcomed into the city as a conquering hero... but then that he would be betrayed and deserted by his friends... that he would be arrested and beaten and humiliated... and that he would die... Jesus knew the cost, and went anyway...

Thank God, Jesus decided that we were worth the cost!!



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