And I am Reminded of You Again... And I'm Blown Away, Again...

Today in church I was reminded again of something I had almost forgotten...

Once again tears came down my face...

So the preacher was talking about how we always question...

And for some reason, this question ran across my mind and stayed there...

"Jesus... What held You to that cross?"

And then it struck me...

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13).”

It wasn't the nails that hung Him there...

It was ME...

The prophet Isaiah said

"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed".

"All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53 :5,6

And what did I do when You were hanging there, Lord?

³²As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.³³They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). ³⁴There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. ³⁵When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. ³⁶And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. ³⁷Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁸Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. ³⁹Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads ⁴⁰and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!"

⁴¹In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. ⁴²"He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! He's the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. ⁴³He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.' "⁴⁴In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

I... I hurled insults at You too...

But You hung there... For the same guys who cursed You, who spat at You,

And for me... You who knew no sin...

You became sin...

I just wanna say...

I love You...

And...

Thank you again Lord Jesus =)

MAL

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