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as i sit here on this absolutely gorgeous morning preparing my to do lists for this weekend's entertaining plans, it's so hard to wrap my mind around "good" friday.in spite of my all of my years of living, all 58 of them, in spite of all of the sadness i've experienced, the losses i've counted, the pain i've suffered, i can't begin to comprehend the agony of the cross. the very fact that it was done for me, is, as always, mind-boggling.
max lucado writes in his book "six hours one friday" the following:
when human hands fastened the divine hands to a cross with spikes, it wasn't the soldiers who held the hands of Jesus steady. it was God who held them steady. those same hands that formed the oceans and built the mountains. those same hands that designed the dawn and crafted each cloud. those same hands that blueprinted one incredible plan for you and me.
take a stroll out to the hill. out to Calvary. out to the cross where, with holy blood, the hand that placed you on the planet wrote the promise, "God would give up his only Son before he'd give up on you."
consider the cross.
won't you pray these words from the song "the wonderful cross"
When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of Glory died
My richest gain I count but loss
And pour contempt on all my pride
See from his head, his hands, his feet
Sorrow and love flow mingled down
Did ever such love and sorrow meet
Or thorns compose so rich a crown
O the wonderful cross, O the wonderful cross
Bids me come and die and find that I may truly live
O the wonderful cross, O the wonderful cross
All who gather here by grace draw near and bless
Your name
Were the whole realm of nature mine
That were an offering far too small
Love so amazing, so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all
Bids me come and die and find that I may truly live
O the wonderful cross, O the wonderful cross
All who gather here by grace draw near and bless
Your name
consider the cross. it was for you & me that He died.
2 comments:
Randee, this post is absolutely beautiful! I'm sorry that I didn't see it last week. I'm glad I came by today, though, and scrolled down to read it. Thank you for sharing your heart!
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