Happy Easter!

Dark red drops of blood flowed down long, brown hair. A crown, composed of inch-long thorns pierced the skull. The large cross that he was on, made of two boards, scraped against his organs that were exposed on his back. His hands were nailed through the palms and his feet through his ankles. His lungs were desperate for air. He shouted something and the sky grew black. Lightning struck, an earthquake rocked the earth.

That picture I just painted was of Jesus, the Son of God, dying on the cross. Just imagine, our Lord and the Son of God dying a gruesome death on a cross, suffocating. And he didn't do that for just me, he did that for you, and for your brother, your mother, your father, even the random stranger that sits on the sidewalk every day. Let me paint another picture now:

I saw the make-shift cross -- two boards nailed together -- with the three nails nailed at the hand and feet spots. A crown of thorns laid at the foot of the cross. Around the cross there were tens of people kneeling at the cross. I walked out of the red-padded pew and through the throng of people to the Pastor. I walked past him and kneeled down below the cross. I looked up at the glorious image and started crying.



This was about the same as our service this morning. So amazing. You should have seen it.

I just want to say this. JESUS IS NOT DEAD! HE LIVES WITH THE FATHER! THEY DID NOT TAKE HIS LIFE, HE IS RISEN! HAPPY EASTER/RESURRECTION DAY!

God Bless,

Brandon

Passion Week; Easter; Crevices

Happy Passion Week! You ask, "What is Passion Week?" Well, let me elaborate. Passion Week spans from Palm Sunday to Good Friday. Palm Sunday and Good Friday, of course, are the most important. Interesting factoid: in the Greek, Passion is actually translated "Suffering". So, when Jesus underwent Passion Week, it was more like Suffering week. My Pastor actually titled his sermon Sunday as "The Suffering Savior."

Easter is approaching. How will you celebrate our Savior's Resurrection? Every year, my family always has a family dinner with an Easter egg hunt for the children. This year, our church is having a Good Friday fellowship and Easter egg hunt. Our Pastor is preaching at the Sunrise Service this Sunday. He said we're gonna have it outside, and it's supposed to be FREEZING! He also has the idea to have the Lord's Supper Easter night. He'll have each family come up and have communion with him.

So I just got done washing the dishes. I washed our old frying pan, which now has scratches on the non-stick coating. Like eggs and stuff gets lodged in the tiny crevices. I sort of relate that to our Christian lives. The devil can look over our lives and lodge sin into those tiny canyons. So, we have to be on guard over those canyons constantly.

I hope you have a good Easter. I probably won't be posting for another week or after Easter, since we will have a lot to do after Wednesday. So, until I post again, this is me, signing off and wishing you a Happy Easter.

Until Later,

Brandon