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March
16 - Thorns and Nails . . .
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Thorns
and Nails
When
Jesus walked
the
Earth, as me
Did
He give, and do,
unselfishly?
When
His cross was erected,
and
He was failed
For
all, he chose the
Thorns
and Nails
Do
we, as God’s children,
see
Him today,
Or
do we forget often,
to
even pray?
Some
say His life, was mere
fiction,
just tales
I
know he was here, for
He
chose Thorns and Nails?
Some
others may say,
we're
on the wrong track
The
World, and what's in it,
are
man made and fact!
Then
why, I ask, does
Jesus
still live today?
For
the Bible, and truth,
has
not gone away.
There
are those who will argue,
that
God isn't real
That
there wasn't a man,
who
forgave and could heal
But
why then, does history
tell
of His fall,
And
those who denounce Him,
won't
research at all?
God
came to save,
to
comfort, and love
He
came, as man,
from
the Father above
As
children of God,
we
should remove all veils
For
OUR sins alone,
He
chose Thorns and Nails.
Debbie
Looney
10/18/2005
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March
23 - Trading Your Scars into Stars . . .
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Trading
Your Scars into Stars
Do
you have scars?
When
someone hurts us, it can be devastating.
We
can't assess the damage while we hurt
and
it seems to take forever to begin the healing process
and
even longer to trust that person again.
All
of us have seen the deep scars left from sorrow
that
was inflicted on us or witnessed the anguish
that
we have caused others.
Can
you imagine the pain of Judas,
the
betrayer (Matthew 27:1-5)?
He
witnessed the miracles of Jesus.
He
touched His healing hands.
He
looked into the eyes of Jesus while
having
a conversation.
He
heard the words of Jesus as
He
preached to the crowds.
He
pretended to follow Jesus
but
broke His heart in the end.
A
simple kiss changed history forever (Matthew
26:49).
That
kiss sealed Jesus fate and put the nails in Jesus hands and feet.
That
kiss was worth thirty silver coins
and
cost Jesus his life.
Jesus
knows what it's like to be deceived.
He
walked with His twelve disciples for
three
years but when the going got tough, they fled.
When
He needed their friendship,
they
fell asleep (Matthew 26:40,43).
When
He needed their trust, he was sold (Matthew26:14-15).
Yet,
Jesus begged His Father to forgive His betrayers
even
while nailed to the cross (Luke 23:34).
What
hypocrites they were -
what
hypocrites we still are!
Yes,
we are betrayers of Jesus.
Each
time we sin we hurt Jesus over and over and over again.
"Crucify
HIM!" the crowds yelled..."Crucify Him."
And
so we did.
We
crucified Jesus with our hateful words;
we
crucified Jesus with our selfishness;
we
crucified Jesus with our dishonesty;
and
we crucified Jesus with our deception.
"Crucify
HIM! (Matthew 27:23)
Yes,
Jesus knows what it's like to be betrayed;
much
better than we do but
He
didn't give up on us.
We
crucified Him yet He offered His comfort and sustaining love
to
those who accept His sacrifice.
He
took those beautiful scars and turned them into His shining stars.
He
gave His life so that we may live with Him forever.
He
did it all so that no one will be left behind (John
3:16).
For
God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world,
but
to save the world through Him.
Whoever
believes in Him is not condemned,
but
whoever does not believe stands condemned already
because
He has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son
(John 3:17-18).
If
you have not accepted Jesus Christ
as
your personal Lord and Savior,
you
continue to betray yourself and Jesus.
We
MUST reach for the stars and accept
the
gift of God ... His Son.
The
Gift of knowing that you will never
speak
the words of Jesus when he cried,
"Eloi,
Eloi, lama sabachthani?"
which
means,
"My
God, my God,
why
have you forsaken me?"
(Matthew 27:46).
Written
by the Holy Spirit through...
Brenda
Bates
brenda_bates@hotmail.com
2007