Good Friday?
Good for us...but at the time, not such a good Friday for Jesus.
Thinking of what He went through for us brings me to tears, especially when I see images like the one above.
An interesting project has recently come to my attention; I have donated to this worthy cause. I would encourage those who read this to do so as well, if you can afford it and are inspired to.
The Old Rugged Cross
On a hill far away, stood an old rugged Cross
The emblem of suff'ring and shame
And I love that old Cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain
So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged Cross
And exchange it some day for a crown
Oh, that old rugged Cross so despised by the world
Has a wondrous attraction for me
For the dear Lamb of God, left his Glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary
So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged Cross
And exchange it some day for a crown
In the old rugged Cross, stain'd with blood so divine
A wondrous beauty I see
For the dear Lamb of God, left his Glory above
To pardon and sanctify me
So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged Cross
And exchange it some day for a crown
To the old rugged Cross, I will ever be true
Its shame and reproach gladly bear
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away
Where his glory forever I'll share
So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged Cross
And exchange it some day for a crown
posted by camojack | 07:38
6 Comments:
Yes, and sometime in our future we will lay down our crowns at the feet of Jesus, as we worship Him face to face.
nicky j.
God bless you on this Good Friday, Jack. Wonderful post, and I love that particular song.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
Amen to that brother...
4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? 9 And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. --Isaiah 53:4-9
Nick:
Someday, yes; and what a day that will be.
Bunny:
May God bless you as well, my friend. I love that song too.
Hawkeye®:
Amen, indeed...and hallelujah!
(Good scripture reference...)
That is just beautiful ,Jack . Though ,yes it is painful to look at ,still it is beautiful. Thank you , and Thanks Be To God
A beautiful gift, yet terrible to look upon.
Thanks be to God indeed...
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