A "tradition" I like to do in my personal devotional time, in the 2 weeks leading up to Easter, is reading as many Scriptures as I can that talk about Jesus' Sacrifice, the riding into town on a donkey, the Last Supper, the Garden of Gethsemane, the arrest/crucifixion and of course the Resurrection! Now that I am a mom, I like to read the stories in the different Gospels to my children and explain just how wide and how deep God's Love is for us and what He did with His Son, our most Precious Gift. (during this coming week, I will be posting about how I first taught my girls the difference between the way the world celebrates Easter and the way born again Christians celebrate this most Holy of days...come on back for a visit and leave your ideas about how you teach your children the meaning of Easter).Today I am in Isaiah 53: 4-6. I am taking the verses from The Soul Care Bible, New King James version.
"Surely He has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed Him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
the chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
and by His stripes we are healed.
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."
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed Him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
the chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
and by His stripes we are healed.
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."
Jesus received punishment from God. For our sins. So we could have peace.
We are healed. Jesus was wounded. We have hope because He carried our sorrows to the Cross. No one will ever love us the way Jesus Christ loves us. He gave His Life for us! All we need to do is accept Him, believe Him, and confess our sin. We can be forgiven and set free! Do you accept Him today?
Here is one of my favorite verses from a traditional hymn by Watts, that we often sing in my church:
We are healed. Jesus was wounded. We have hope because He carried our sorrows to the Cross. No one will ever love us the way Jesus Christ loves us. He gave His Life for us! All we need to do is accept Him, believe Him, and confess our sin. We can be forgiven and set free! Do you accept Him today?
Here is one of my favorite verses from a traditional hymn by Watts, that we often sing in my church:
"See, from His head, His hands, His feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down;
did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?"
sorrow and love flow mingled down;
did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?"
2 comments:
I enjoyed this post. Easter is early this year, so I'm a little behind in my preparations. During "Holy Week" I like to read all the relevant passages too, and the crucifixion account never fails to move me.
Interesting that you have The Soul Care Bible! I have one too, but I forget to refer to it. It has some meaningful commentary sprinkled throughout.
Blessings
Hi E-Mom: yes, The Soul Care Bible was given out to those of us who volunteered/served in the crisis pregnancy center that our former church started. I was a parenting instructor there as well a s a peer counselor and intake counselor. the Bible came in handy to point hurting people to specific Scriptures regarding whatever issue they were dealing with. For my work, it was mainly abused children or victims of domestic violence/abuse. The Bible is a good one!
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