He poured the cup. We drank in deep the sacred here at home.
He offered the broken, one by one, reminding us that this is how we become whole.
"But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed."
Isaiah 53:5
We prayed, confessed, discussed eternal things and remembered...
"Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities."
Isaiah 53:11
It was a blessed, simple, reverent moment.
"But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed."
Isaiah 53:5
We prayed, confessed, discussed eternal things and remembered...
"Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities."
Isaiah 53:11
It was a blessed, simple, reverent moment.
This is what we're here for.
This is our mission at hand.
Bea, in particular, went on and on repeating verbally all that she has come to understand.
She rejoiced at the knowing, believing. She just gets it in an incredible way and it's so special!
"Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Luke 18:17
"Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them,
for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.'”
Matthew 19:14
This weekend as we remember the sacrifice, the ransom for our sin,
we celebrate the hope we have because of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It was a blessed Good Friday.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,
that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
John 3:16
