 As I know we are all familiar with what a receipt looks like, there has never been one that stands out more to me than the one pictured above. Why? Because if you look closely you will see that it is a receipt for Eternal life. The debt has been paid. I didn't pay this bill the costs are way too extreme.... And that is coming from someone willing to spend A LOT of money on a pair of shoes. Thankfully, Jesus Christ paid for me.
We hear the same story ever Easter and sometimes I replay the story for others if I am witnessing to them but to this day it still brings tears to my eyes to think about how I could be worth all of that. A man who could bleed and feel pain and love was betrayed, nailed to a cross, ridiculed and unjustly beaten. Even during these horrible events Jesus looked to the Heavens and asked his father to forgive them. If that right there doesn't explain the mercy of our Lord then I don't know what does. Again I ask myself... How am I, a sometimes spoiled 21 year old filled with sin and self righteousness, be worth this large of a payment? The answer is simple: because we are the Lord's children and he loves us so unconditionally and wholeheartedly that he would allow his only son to die for us. If that's where the story ended we would all be in serious trouble. Thankfully it continues! After the Lord was buried in the tomb and all thought he was gone for good, He rose again and defeated death! Death has forever lost its sting because now we get to share in everlasting life with our King!! It gives me goosebumps thinking about it❤️ I hope all of you have a gorgeous Easter Sunday spent with family and loved ones! Celebrate how great it is that He is Risen! Kari Jobe - Forever Forever he is glorified Forever he is lifted high Forever he is risen He is alive, He is alive!
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Everyone knows that death is inevitable. No one will escape it. Even our Lord and Savior had to face death... Granted he beat death but that is another blog post entirely (#Easter #spoileralert).
My grandmother has lived a long and full life filled with children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She reveled in the fact that she had a giant family, especially around Christmas! She would plan all year for Christmas... Literally ALL YEAR, it was crazy but amazing. She has been living with Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's for a few years now and let me tell you, this woman grabs life by the shirt collar and holds on tight. I've never met another person with such a desire to live and I am proud to be her granddaughter. She has not passed yet, praise God, but as I stated before it is inevitable. This post is obviously dedicated to her but also to everyone who has accepted the Lord later in their lives and anyone who will in the future accept Him. At the age of 86 my grandmother finally accepted God into her heart and wanted him to lead her life. She wasn't close to death and she had believed all her life that he was real but something clicked after all that time and she finally understood His love. Everyone is welcome in the Kingdom of Heaven. EVERYONE. We are all worthy because we are all God's children. We all sin equally (I've definitely said a bad word a time or two) and we can all be forgiven. Don't give up your journey with God even during the toughest of moments. Even as our family is struggling with knowing the fact that she won't be here for much longer, we know where she will end up and that is the most comforting gift we could ever be given. Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. Revelation 3:20 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will have supper with him, and he with me. |
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