"I'm forgiven, because you were forsaken
I'm accepted, you were condemned
I'm alive and well, you're spirit is within me
Because you died and rose again" What amazing words in one of my favorite songs Amazing Love.
This week is Holy Week which is the week leading up to the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter morning. Last year was the first year I really grasped the concept of Christ's undying love for us on Maundy Thursday.
I have been singing in my church choir since I was in 5th grade and we always sing at the Maundy Thursday service but for 4 years I had no real knowledge of what Holy Week truly meant. I think this year I have come to understand a bit more about all of it in a whole.
Thursday night you celebrate the Last Supper, the last time Jesus disciples would eat with him, the last time he would teach before he went to the cross the next day. I noticed something this year that I haven't before in the story of the Last Supper. I knew everything about Jesus foretelling his betrayal but I never knew he washed his disciples feet His last night with them. As Jesus was washing the feet of Peter, Peter tells Him he shall never wash his feet. Jesus washes all the feet of each disciple except His betrayer. 12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put
on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do
you understand what I have done for you?” he
asked them. ( John 13:12) In fact the disciples did not understand at that time what Christ had done, but they soon would. Jesus washing the feet of his disciples showed that he was coming down on they're level and showing that He was not only God but human as well something I personally I find amazing.
Friday Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior went to the cross to save your life. Christ faced so much for all of us to understand his undying love. This man was beaten, whipped, ridiculed, betrayed and hung on a cross. This is an amazing love that is so much to understand in one sitting. I often find myself feeling alone, consumed in my thoughts or current situation. I become so involved in my own pain that I fail to open up my eyes to such an amazing love. I look for love in all the wrong places. I look for love in the approval of others, in my grades, in relationships, my music and a ton more instead of looking to God and seeing his amazing love. I am forgiven of all of this by Christ who was forsaken on behalf of people just like you and I. Instead of having to change who I am to be accepted by others Christ accepts me as I am past and all. I am able to wake each morning and smile because of the most amazing gift anyone could ever ask for: life through Christ Jesus our Savior.
So as we continue this holy week I challenge you to try and understand a part of Holy week that you have never thought about before. Holy week is preparing us for Easter the day our Lord rises and everything is created new. This Easter though it is long overdue I am being confirmed into my Church, and honestly I am ready to take this step. I am ready to be the hands and feet of Christ and let him work in my life as He desires! Turning 16 brings new freedoms and respectability into my life and I must admit it does seem a little scary I am ready because I know Christ will be with me the whole way!
Know how much he loves you! God is so amazing! His love is so amazing!
<3
Friday Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior went to the cross to save your life. Christ faced so much for all of us to understand his undying love. This man was beaten, whipped, ridiculed, betrayed and hung on a cross. This is an amazing love that is so much to understand in one sitting. I often find myself feeling alone, consumed in my thoughts or current situation. I become so involved in my own pain that I fail to open up my eyes to such an amazing love. I look for love in all the wrong places. I look for love in the approval of others, in my grades, in relationships, my music and a ton more instead of looking to God and seeing his amazing love. I am forgiven of all of this by Christ who was forsaken on behalf of people just like you and I. Instead of having to change who I am to be accepted by others Christ accepts me as I am past and all. I am able to wake each morning and smile because of the most amazing gift anyone could ever ask for: life through Christ Jesus our Savior.
So as we continue this holy week I challenge you to try and understand a part of Holy week that you have never thought about before. Holy week is preparing us for Easter the day our Lord rises and everything is created new. This Easter though it is long overdue I am being confirmed into my Church, and honestly I am ready to take this step. I am ready to be the hands and feet of Christ and let him work in my life as He desires! Turning 16 brings new freedoms and respectability into my life and I must admit it does seem a little scary I am ready because I know Christ will be with me the whole way!
Know how much he loves you! God is so amazing! His love is so amazing!
<3
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