A New Creation

Today Calvin told me that he thought it was weird that on every Good Friday it seemed to be cloudy. I thought about that myself and with all of the Good Fridays that I can remember, they were cloudy. I think of when Jesus hung on the cross, and how dark and cloudy it got. From the sixth hour to the ninth hour, there was darkness all over the land. Matt. 27:45. I think of how this was Gods only Son, Jesus, the Messiah, God in the flesh, a perfect man with no sin, numbered with the transgressors, taking upon Himself the sins of the world, past present and future sins, and personaly, my sins, past present and future. The father couldn't even look at Him because of the sin that He bore. There was that seperation. Eli Eli,Lama Sabachthani (which means My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?) Matt 27:46.

When I think of this day, I am reminded that God Almighty died for ME. Jannette. That as He hung on that cross, He knew that it was for ME. I personalise this moment in history because I have a personal savior that came into my heart and life as a result of me asking him to forgive me of my sins. Because I read His love letter to me. Greater love has no man than this. That He lay down His life for His friend. But Jesus laid down His life for me before I was Born, when I rejected Him, and was an enemy of the cross. So because I realised how much he loved me before I loved Him, I became a true lover of the lover of my soul.

I cannot wait to celebrate the resserection of the One true love of my life. The man who gave up His life for me to live forever and to have life, and that more abundantly. I am SO thankful that Jesus didn't remain on that cross, or in the grave, but that three days later, HE RAISED HIMSELF FROM THE DEAD. And he is in the loving buisness of raising those who are dead in their trespasses and sins, and giving them a new life, and more importantly, life everlasting.

If Anyone Be in Christ, He is a NEW creation; old things have passed away, behold all things have become new. 2 Cor. 5:17