God has heard

Good Friday! :)

I spent the morning in bed. Waiting for Choy to come. and then we went out for lunch, bought some groceries, and ingredients, fought over who should pay, came back, baked, MADE A SERIOUS MESS (CHOY'S IDEA), and packed our stuff, he left, i washed the toilet, scrubbed, bathed, sat down, did my quiet time, started blogging, THERE! :D a whole day's worth.

Since its Good Friday, i shall blog about my quiet-time passage today.

Scripture:

(i wish i could type the whole bible, because i know any of you (readers, if there are any.) who has problems would be able to find your answers in this little book of small words. Read it, it'll bo-low (blow) Your mind.)

Anyway,

The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor's headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment. Ther dressed him in a purple robe, and the wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head. Then they saluted him and taunted, "Hail! King of the Jews!" And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship. When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.

... they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means "Place of the Skull"). They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it. Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They divided his clothes and threw dice to decide who would get each piece. It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him. A sign was fastened to the cross, announcing the charge against him. It read, "The King of the Jews." Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mackery. "Ha! Look at you now!" they yelled at him. "You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!"

The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. "He saved the others," the scoffed, "but he can't save himself! Let thei Messiah, this King of Israel, come down from the cross so we can see it and believe him!" Even the men who were crucified with Jesus ridiculed him.

At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. Then at three o'clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means "My God, My God, why have you abandoned me?"

Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for prophet Elijah. One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. "Wait!" he said. "Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down!"

Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

When the Roman officer who stood facing him saw how he had died, he exclaimed, "This man truly was the Son of God!"


Me-Thoughts:

Well. Did you think Jesus was unable to save himself when he was crucified? You think Jesus couldn't come down from the cross? i think not.

i think, With a twitch of his eyebrow he could have had Legions of angels come down to save him. i think, with a blink - no, HALF a blink of his right/left eye, he could have taken the lives of those who flogged him. (i could go on)

My point is, Jesus DIDN'T have to do it. He DIDN'T have to go through with it. He didn't.


But he did. Simply because, he loves you. YOU. You and me. You - reading this. He did so much for your salvation, he was willing to be flogged (ouch) Humiliated, stripped, spit on, have rusty nails hammered into his feet and arms, have a crown of thorns pierced into his head, and everything else, for YOU. for those people who scoffed at him.

He went through all that for those passer-bys who mocked and ridiculed him.

And he did it all out of Love.

I don't know how else to interpret my thoughts to convince YOU that he loves you.

i know some people say things like, "Nah. God doesn't want me. He hates me. I'm such a bad boy/girl. He won't even look at me"

And to that, i say "RUBBISH". God is constantly looking out for you. and you know it just breaks his heart when you say God hates you, and doesn't want you, when he went thru all that pain, suffering and humiliation TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU.

You think he came down for the goody-two-shoes? you think he came down to condemn the baddies? You think he came down from ALL his comforts and riches to kill and slay people who don't meet his standards?

Well. to that, i'd say, PLEASE LAR. HE CAN DO THAT UP IN HEAVEN.

But, thing is, GOd is not like that. HE ISN'T. HE NEVER WAS.

God wants you more than ever. So don't run away from Him.