February 12

today's reading: Matthew 27: 32-53

CRUCIFIXION


Simon, a man from Cyrene-forced to carry the heavy cross to Golgotha.
The only reason the brutal Roman soldiers would have removed this burden from Jesus, would be His complete inability to continue.
And after what had been done to His physical body, isn't it amazing that He could walk on His own?

Crucified alongside the Lord Jesus Christ, were two thieves who were guilty of the crimes for which they were perishing.

This was no ordinary crucifixion day, as if any could be described as "ordinary".

On this day...........

....the Lord of Heaven took the sin of ALL OF HUMANITY upon Himself.

Can we explain what this really means? 
................in those moments, He took every dark, wicked, evil thought or deed, committed by every living soul, from the beginning to the end of time, INTO HIS SINLESS SELF.............

..........................The agony of this would surely have been excruciating beyond anything our words could explain. 

Fall on your knees........
                     Receive the mercy
                                  bought with the blood of the precious Lamb of God.
                                              Receive the love
                                                          poured out of His life into yours.