Its Almost Good Friday...

On a blessed yet anguish filled Friday...

The strongest Man I know gave Himself over to His own people to be crucified on the cross, a wretched death, so that the sins of the world could be atoned for...

He was buried...

AND ON THE THIRD DAY, HE ROSE AGAIN!

Hallelujah!

Jesus is Risen!

"I PRAY ALSO THAT THE EYES OF YOUR HEART MAY BE ENLIGHTENED IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY KNOW THE HOPE TO WHICH HE HAS CALLED YOU, THE RICHES OF HIS GLORIOUS INHERITANCE IN THE SAINTS, AND HIS IMCOMPARABLY GREAT POWER FOR US WHO BELIEVE. THAT POWER IS LIKE THE WORKING OF HIS MIGHTY STRENGTH, WHICH HE EXERTED IN CHRIST WHEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD AND SEATED HIM AT HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS, FAR ABOVE ALL RULE AND AUTHORITY, POWER AND DOMINION, AND EVERY TITLE THAT CAN BE GIVEN, NOT ONLY IN THE PRESENT AGE BUT ALSO IN THE ONE TO COME. AND GOD PLACED ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET AND APPOINTED HIM TO BE HEAD OVER EVERYTHING FOR THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY, THE FULLNESS OF HIM WHO FILLS EVERYTHING IN EVERY WAY."

EPHESIANS 1:18-23 (NIV)

Through the Lens of Worship - Week 4

I DELIGHT GREATLY IN THE LORD;

MY SOUL REJOICES IN MY GOD.
FOR HE HAS CLOTHED ME WITH GARMENTS
OF SALVATION

AND ARRAYED ME IN A ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,

AS A BRIDEGROOM ADORNS HIS HEAD LIKE A PRIEST,
AND AS A BRIDE ADORNS HERSELF WITH
HER JEWELS.
FOR AS THE SOIL MAKES THE SPROUT COME
UP

AND A GARDEN CAUSES SEEDS TO
GROW, 

SO THE SOVEREIGN LORD WILL MAKE
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE
SPRING UP BEFORE ALL NATIONS.


PSALM 61:10-11

Through the Lens of Worship - Week 3

Keeping it simple this week.  I was going to share a different experience but as I was looking for the scripture I was thinking of I ran across a section in Psalm 103 that reminds us to have an eternal perspective.  God is faithful and loves us SO much!  It's so difficult to comprehend.  I find peace and encouragement in these words.  With the photo I'm sharing, this makes more sense.  Blossums don't seem to last long once they've bloomed.  They're delicate and the slightest breeze can make a tree bare again. 

For as the heavens are high above the earth,

So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

As far as the east is from the west,

so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

As a father  pities his hildren,

So the Lord pities those who fear Him.

For He knows our frame;

He remembers that we are dust.

From In Sarah's Shoes

As for man, his days are like grass;

As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

For the wind passes over it, and it is gone.

And its place remembers it no more.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting

On those who fear Him,

And His righteousness to children's children,

To such as keep His covenant,

And to those who remember His commandments to do them.

Psalm 103: 11-18