Sacrifice.
At Home Group on Wednesday night, my husband (i.e. Home Group leader) spoke about communion. We watched part of 'The Passion of the Christ', and then had a communion of cake and cordial. After that, I wrote this:What a wonderful sacrifice, what a beautiful Saviour. You gave your life for me! You knew no sin, yet You came and died so that I could be with You forever. Jesus, You gave me so much, the least I could do is live my life for You. It's nothing compared to what You did for me, though. Nothing at all.
Sarah said, 'We know nothing about sacrifice until we look at the cross.' She pointed out that we sometimes think it's so hard for us to give God some of our time, but Jesus gave His life for us! He willingly gave us so much, but we find it hard to give Him a moment of our day.
Jill pointed out that it wasn't only physical torment that Jesus went through, but that He also experienced spiritual separation from God. We don't see that in the movie, and it's barely ever mentioned, but that must have been, by far, the hardest part of it all. I can't imagine what that would feel like, and thankfully I'll never know. Some people will, though. :o(
Dale mentioned that dying on the cross would have been enough of a sacrifice, but that every day God blesses us more and more. He has poured so many blessings on my life, most of which I take for granted. He's so good to us, and so deserving of our time, our hearts, our everything.
I think that Wednesday night was the first time I realised the full extent of what Jesus did for us.
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On another note, my work email address isn't working. The annoyance of that is completely overpowered by the fact that I haven't received any spam for three whole days! :o)
posted by Alyssa @ 2:44 PM
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