Today as we celebrate Good Friday, I have been reflecting on what Jesus did for us when he died on the cross. What a sacrifice!
Why did Christ die on the cross? He died for me! He died to save me from sin and to give me the gift of salvation.
As a mother, I can not imagine the pain that Mary must have been going through that day. How could any mother watch her child go through a trial, be beaten, mocked and spit on, paraded through the city, and suffer a long, painful and public death on the cross. How her heart must have been breaking!
But, through all of this, she trusted in God. Her faith was her strength and her foundation.
As a mom, I do not always turn to the Lord. I want to solve "problems" on my own, I want to be the one that guides my children, I want to use our money how I think it should be used, and I want to be in charge of my home - after all I am the MOM!!! But over the last few years, I have learned (sometimes the hard way) that I am not in charge... God is in charge. And the more often I talk to him, trust in him and find my strength in him - the more blessed I become.
I Peter 2:24 says "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed."
My sins have been covered by the blood of Jesus - Jesus bore my sins so that I might live for righteousness - so today I live for righteousness.
I challange you today and everyday, to do what is right in your marriage, in your parenting, in your spending, in your life - serve Jesus!
