An Open Letter to My Husband on His Birthday

 

To my one,

With all that we have going on, the craziness our year has become and may further continue to be, I want to take a moment to wish you a most blessed birthday.  We’ve known each other for almost eleven years, been married almost seven, and there is no one in this world I would rather be bound to for this lifetime on Earth than you.

He is Risen!

He is risen indeed!  For Christians, we cannot have the crucifixion be the end of the story.  And it’s not!  Our Lord rose on the third day, appeared to many, told us to share the gospel, and then ascended into heaven.  He is alive!  And He will be back on Earth again someday!  Amen!!!

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Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.  So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”  So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.  Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.  And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.  Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.  Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.  Then the disciples went back to their homes. (John 20:1-10)

Good Friday – The Crucifixion

Instead of doing a homemaking post, I have decided to post scripture from when Jesus was delivered to the crowd until before he is resurrected.  I have tried to put together Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John into a cohesive story as best I can.

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Jesus answered [Pilate], “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”  (John 19:11)

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.  (Matthew 27:27-31)

Pilate: Choosing Inaction

This week is a glorious week for Christians for we celebrate everything that our lives revolve around.

Our crucified and risen Lord!

Our propitiation for our sins!

The new covenant!

For me, since I grew up in the church, I have heard about the saving of our sins since I was little.  I have heard the story told many times.  I have participated in choir programs that have told the story and worshiped our Lord.  But it never gets old.