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| I donated my life so you could have eternal life! |
Hey Mighty Warriors it's Good Friday! This is a day to remember what are Savior Jesus Christ did on the cross. Let me first start off by asking you one question "What would it look like if you donated life? Thats just what Christ did for us. He gave us his life so we could have eternal life after death. Hear the word of the Lord Mighty Warriors.
"Along the way, they came across a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. And they went out to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”).The soldiers gave him wine mixed with bitter gall, but when he had tasted it, he refused to drink it. After they had nailed him to the cross, the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice. Then they sat around and kept guard as he hung there. A sign was fastened above Jesus’ head, announcing the charge against him. It read: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. “Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!”
The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him! He trusted God, so let God rescue him now if he wants him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with him ridiculed him in the same way.
The death of Jesus, Hear the word of the Lord "At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. At about three o’clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah. One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. But the rest said, “Wait! Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”
Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead. They left the cemetery after Jesus’ resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people. The Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the earthquake and all that had happened. They said, “This man truly was the Son of God!”
And many women who had come from Galilee with Jesus to care for him were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James and Joseph), and the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee.
Anyways I know this is a long update but hang in there with me. So you have read the story of Jesus' death and now back to my question I asked in the beginning of this update "What would it look like if you donated life? This past Monday marked 8 years since my Cousin Chase Huizer went to be with his Mighty Savior Jesus Christ. He died in a motorcycle accident due to the injuries he sustained. If your reading this and you knew Chase personally or were a close friend to him you know that this beloved child of God had a passion for serving his Savior. Chase loved his friends, his family and his girlfriend that he had at that time in his life. Chase touched so many lives before and after his death. I want to focus more on the people that he touched after his death. How many of you have heard of an organization called "Donate Life"? Maybe for some you this sounds familiar because maybe you have done this or know someone who has, or when you got your drivers licenses you were asked if you wanted to be an organ donor. Well, I was reading the web homepage for Donate life and I found this to be very inspiring, "Every life touched by organ and tissue donation crosses a bridge between death and life, grief and meaning, hope and healing." Thats what Chase did. Chase donated his organs and tissues to those who needed it. I had the chance to chat with my Aunt over social media and I asked her as a parent "Why would you encourage someone to donate life?" She responded with this answer "As a parent it was a light in a very dark tunnel knowing that something good was going to happen out of a tragedy." I also asked her if she knew any of the people who recieved the donations that Chase gave with his life. She said "We do not know names - just ages of the recievers and if they are male of female and the city and states and what donation they recieved." I think Good Friday is a good example of just this "Donate Life" One way that I look at it is by reading Scripture it reads in Matthew 26:26-28
Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
So Jesus gave his body and his blood so that we may have eternal life with him in Heaven. As I was preparing to write this blog I was looking up information on Donate Life and found out that it is National Donate Life Month! I would encourage everyone to donate Life. Think of the lives you will save and the impact that you will make in someone elses life. You don't have to know the person well to be an impact. Just show Christ-like love and reach out to the world around you sharing that love with someone who maybe doesn't know Christ or what it feels like to be loved. I know thats what Chase wanted. He wanted to help people and make an impact. He lived his life for Christ an by showing that passion that he had for his Savior. He donated his organs and tissues to help those who needed it. That was one thing for me after Chase passed away that amazed me. Donating Life can be the most amazing and bittersweet feeling that you get inside you. It's a mixture of sadness and happiness because losing a loved one is heart breaking. For Mark and Vicky losing there son was hard but in knowing that Chase touched lives after he was gone gave them a light in there darkness. So on this Good Friday we remember just that the light in the darkest hour that Christ spent on the cross. Every lash He got when He was being flogged was for YOU! Every drop of blood He spilled was for YOU! He did this all for YOU! He gave His life! Chase devoted his life to Christ and my hope and prayer for all you Mighty Warriors is that you will devote your life everyday to Christ! Trust in His unfailing love for you. Jesus' love never changes it's the same love that conquered the grave,the same love that is with you when days get hard. The same love that is with you in joyous time. The same love that carries your burdens in life so you don't have too.Give your life to Christ. I again encourage anyone to sign up to be a donor. The lives you will impact are going to be amazing! So that is my 2014 Good Friday blog update!
Here are two songs that I want to end with:
Feel free to sing along to the last song,lyrics with be with it!
Blessings to y'all on this Good Friday!
