a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

So this will be a short post, kind of like a mid-week randomness HA. I am preparing for the Royal Wedding on Friday and I couldn't be more excited! So before I write on that topic tomorrow, today I thought I would share pictures from our Easter Celebration this past weekend!

I hope each of you had a wonderful Easter weekend and were able to spend it with people whom you love!  Besides the Rain ours was beautiful!

Lucy



HE HAS RISEN!

他复活了!

!הוא קם לתחייה

Il est ressuscité!

Er ist auferstanden!

Ông là Đấng Phục Sinh!

เขาฟื้นขึ้นมา!

वह बढ़ी है!

彼は復活さ!

Он Воскрес!

Él ha resucitado!

He is Risen!

Matthew 28

Lucy

IT IS Finished!

IT IS Finished!

Friday is the day MY King was Beaten.

Friday is the day MY King was Mocked.

Friday is the Day MY King was Made Fun Of.

Friday is the Day MY King Carried His Own Cross.

Friday is the Day MY King was Nailed To The CROSS.

Friday is the day MY King Died for My Sins.

Friday is the day My King Saved the World.

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. ²¹ “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they answered.²² “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked.  They all answered, “Crucify him!” ²³ “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”²⁴ When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”²⁵ All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!” ²⁶ Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

 ²⁷ Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. ²⁸ They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, ²⁹ and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. ³⁰ They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. ³¹ After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

 ³² As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. ³³ They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). ³⁴ There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. ³⁵ When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. ³⁶ And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. ³⁷ Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.  ³⁸ Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. ³⁹ Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads ⁴⁰ and 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!” ⁴¹ In 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. ⁴³ He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ⁴⁴ In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

The Death of Jesus

 ⁴⁵ From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. ⁴⁶ About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,^[a] lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).^[b] 47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.” ⁴⁸ Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. ⁴⁹ The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.” ⁵⁰ And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. ⁵¹ At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split ⁵² and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. ⁵³ They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and^[c] went into the holy city and appeared to many people. ⁵⁴ When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!” ⁵⁵ Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. ⁵⁶ Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph,^[d] and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

The Burial of Jesus

 ⁵⁷ As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

Lucy

Do this in remembrance of me...

Thursday.......“Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” 9 “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked. 10 He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, 11 and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 12 He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.” 13 They left and found things just as Jesus had told them.

So they prepared the Passover.  

Before they ate the Passover Meal or Last Supper, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. He performed this  act of service, to “show them the full extent of his love” John 13:1-2. Because of the washing of the feet Jesus demonstrated how Christians are to love one another through humble service.  

14 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. 15 And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”  17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. 18 For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” 19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.[ 21 But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. 22 The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed. But woe to that man who betrays him!”

Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives  

39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground 45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”

We Remember

Wednesday....

Wednesday…

Betrayal- To give aid or information to an enemy of. To commit treason or aguish; to deliver into the hands of an enemy in violation of trust or allegiance. To divulge in a breach of confidence.

Wednesday… Judas Betrayed Jesus

·         Judas went secretly to the chief priests to let them know when it would be safe for them to take Jesus into custody.

·         The priests gave Judas 30 Silver Coins for his information.

·         The high priests were looking for an excuse to have Jesus arrested and crucified because they were afraid of his influence and leadership amongst the people.

Wednesday… the day Jesus was anointed with an expensive jar of alabaster by the women of Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper {Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-19}

Wednesday...14 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests 15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. 16 From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

Wednesday… Christ is preparing to be Crucified on the Cross.

Lucy

The day after Palm Sunday

First off, I must apologize for not posting in like a week.  I have been quite busy at work, and at night I have been occupied with a Husband, a cat and a house to clean! Oh the joys of being a wife! J  I wouldn’t change anything.

So today is Monday, the day after Palm Sunday. So I’ve been in church my whole life, and after thinking about what to write for this last week of lent, I’ve decided to highlight the week before Christ died for you and I. So you might be thinking, “What did Christ do his last week on Earth”. Thanks to my FIL {Father in Law} and the Bible I researched a little about it.

Could you imagine what was going through Christ’s mind? He was both Man and God, and knew what was coming before him, but what did he do? HE PRAYED for God’s WILL! Ok so let me bring this down to our level. If I knew I would be tortured, beaten, nailed to a cross, and hung half naked on a cross, between two criminals, in 5 days, I’m pretty sure I would be saying my good byes, eating a multitude of “Last Meals” and I would probably be scared out of my mind, but CHRIST, He prayed, He thanked God for what was about to happen, and he accepted it.  

So what did Christ do the day after Palm Sunday? The bible says he ‘’Cleansed the Temple” “and He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, saying to them, “It is written, my house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers”. And He was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words. {Luke 20:45-48}”

Palm Sunday in Jerusalem

I am reminded of a quote from Johnny Hunt {FBC Woodstock, GA} “The next time you think you’re a good person, remember that God had to kill His Son to keep you out of Hell!

Lucy