Happy Easter! Today is such a special day....it is the day our precious Jesus rose from the grave. The day He proved who He was - our Lord and Savior! I am so thankful that He did what He did, that He died for my sins. And I am forever grateful for his forgiveness. Without it I would not be where I am today, or who I am today. His forgiveness and gift of salvation are what allow me to get through each day without breaking.
What a story......
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jews. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with jewish burial costoms. At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. so she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!" So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.")
John 19:38 - John 20:9
I believe..........do you?
About Me
- Saved by Grace
- I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, cousin, granddaughter, aunt, and friend. I am not perfect, nor do I claim to be. I am not the smartest, prettiest, nicest, most generous, or humble person you will ever meet. I am not defined by what I am or what I have, but by who I am. I am also a weary, weak, broken down sinner who has been redeemed. I am a God loving and God fearing woman who is trying to make it one day at a time, resisting the temptations that brought me to my knees to beg forgiveness from the only one who can. I am a child of God. I am loved by God. I am forgiven by God. I am led by God. And I am saved by His grace.
Followers
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