On this wonderful day, Christ rose from the dead so that I may live again. His blood has washed away my sins. I can not even begin to explain the joy that brings to my heart. The wages of sin is death; therefore, we deserved death, but the Lord sent his Son to die on a cross. I think so often we take this day for granted. It should be a day that I reflect upon daily, but don't.
I felt convicted in church as my pastor began to speak and I didn't begin to take notes. Each week I usually take notes during the sermon, but this week something was different. I think I felt like I knew it all or had heard the story my whole life. Pathetic! Half way through the sermon I felt the Lord tugging at my heart to get out a pen and begin to write what he was about to teach me.
In my notes I wrote:
To live is Christ, BUT to die is gain.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can NEVER perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you"
1 Peter 1:3-4
This great sacrifice is something to reflect upon daily. I was challenged today to put my selfish pride aside and to let God teach me more.
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