Good Friday is bittersweet for me. When I think of all that He endured on this day... the endless beatings, the humiliation and degradation, the cruel torture, the unbearable agony of the crucifixion... I am overcome with angst and emotion. I can't explain just how grief-stricken I feel inside.
And yet, I feel so incredibly grateful. Wow. WOW! He DIED for me. So that I could be SAVED. I certainly don't deserve it, and yet it has been done... for ME. A gift of grace. The realization of it all is so humbling. It makes me want to change my ways, become a better person.
I have news for you. He died for YOU, too.
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6 comments:
i completely understand how you feel. it's such a mixture of feelings. sadness and gratitude for the most amazing of sacrifices. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Easter.
You are right..it is bitter sweet. It is so awesome that He came and died for me...a sinner. Just because He loved me. Very hard to comprehend.
I'm starting to understand even more.
You say you don't deserve it, but He believes you do. Isn't that a big part of what it's all about?
Hard for me to understand. A self-serving, self-absorbed sinner by nature. I fight against my nature every day. No matter how hard I try, I could never achieve righteousness. No one can.
I think of this analogy; let's say my daughter has taken her crayons and doodled on the living room wall, while I was in another room.
Full of remorse, she comes into the room where I am, and confesses to doing this. She admits that she knows what she did is wrong, and is truly very sorry for doing it.
I am going to forgive her COMPLETELY. It doesn't change the fact that she did it in the first place. She is not righteous - she HAS indeed drawn on the wall. Nothing can change that. However, because she has repented, I am giving her a clean slate.
So, this is what grace looks like, to me. I'm still a sinner, definitely NOT righteous, but accounted as righteous by the blood of Christ.
(Does that make any sense?)
Love the post, Beth.
hope all is well.
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