Happy Friday y'all!
Today we wanted to share some inspirational thoughts with y'all in celebration of the upcoming Easter holiday. Our guest author today, Heath Ferguson, is the Director of Pastoral Care and Faith Relations for Mississippi Baptist Health Systems. His words never fail to inspire us and we hope that y'all agree. We hope y'all have an absolutley wonderful weekend with your loved ones!
Today we wanted to share some inspirational thoughts with y'all in celebration of the upcoming Easter holiday. Our guest author today, Heath Ferguson, is the Director of Pastoral Care and Faith Relations for Mississippi Baptist Health Systems. His words never fail to inspire us and we hope that y'all agree. We hope y'all have an absolutley wonderful weekend with your loved ones!
Light judges the darkness simply by existing. Darkness can only be understood in relation to light. Christ’s presence in our understanding presents to us our understanding of our sin, depravity, and need for salvation. In His perfect existence among us as the Incarnate God in flesh, He presented Himself as the judge and deliverer of our souls. His life gives us more than hope. Faith in Him grants us eternal life.
When we think of who He is, we must be forced to think of who we are in relation to Him. In doing so, our hearts are broken by the reality of our sin and selfishness. But He is more than judge, He is the mender of our brokenness. He is the healer of our hearts. He is life everlasting.
Today is Good Friday. Today we observe, with heavy hearts the most selfless, loving act ever committed. We recognize the most innocent of innocent’s willful submission to the most shameful and painful death imaginable because of our sin. Jesus Christ died the death He did not deserve so that we could have the life that we did not deserve.
Sunday, we celebrate life. We celebrate The Risen Savior. Easter is about victory over death. It is with reverent, worshipful hearts that we praise The Triune God for grace, mercy, and love that abounds beyond our imagination. What is Easter? Easter is creation’s celebration of life and love.
24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. 5 And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” 8
When we think of who He is, we must be forced to think of who we are in relation to Him. In doing so, our hearts are broken by the reality of our sin and selfishness. But He is more than judge, He is the mender of our brokenness. He is the healer of our hearts. He is life everlasting.
Today is Good Friday. Today we observe, with heavy hearts the most selfless, loving act ever committed. We recognize the most innocent of innocent’s willful submission to the most shameful and painful death imaginable because of our sin. Jesus Christ died the death He did not deserve so that we could have the life that we did not deserve.
Sunday, we celebrate life. We celebrate The Risen Savior. Easter is about victory over death. It is with reverent, worshipful hearts that we praise The Triune God for grace, mercy, and love that abounds beyond our imagination. What is Easter? Easter is creation’s celebration of life and love.
24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. 5 And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” 8
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