Last night we ran the show twice – first was a rough dress
rehearsal, second was to be a smoother dress rehearsal.
Even in the rough rehearsal I was moved by the story. Goose
bumps up and down my arms. I never want God’s story of love to get old for
me. God is always in the telling of His Story!
To think that a
loving God who made us to have relationship with Him. In His creation design He gave us
Free Will to choose if we want to move forward with that relationship or to
walk away. No matter the choice, He still loves us. He loves us to the point of sending His only
Son to take on the sins of the world – to be beaten and bruised – suffering
death on a cross for our sins, for my sins. Seeing the actor playing Jesus die
on the cross night after night makes me think, my sins did that! Because of my
sinful nature I nailed Jesus to the cross – and while that is true, it is God’s
Love for us, that put Jesus on the cross, because of my sins, because of your sins, we needed a savior. And because God loves us so much He was willing to sacrifice His
only son for us. Jesus laid down his life for us, out of the Love God has for
us. This blows me away, night after
night. And that Love did not stop there.
Jesus dying on the cross was for the forgiveness of our sins. The ultimate sacrifice
to atone for the forgiveness of sins was done through the blood of Jesus. But the story does not end there…God raised
Jesus for the grave, defeating death, the separation we experience from a
loving God because of our sins. Jesus bridged that gap and we have HOPE!
Hope - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain
thing to happen, a feeling of trust! God fulfilled His promise to send a
savior, to give us hope of a renewed relationship with Him. The hope of
eternity in heaven with Him one day!
Jesus Christ – the Hope of Glory!
Just my thoughts - I hope you find a nugget in there somewhere!
