We’re only a couple weeks away from Easter. The week prior to that amazing day when Christ displayed His risen body was filled with every emotion possible. This season of Lent is preparing us for Holy week. We know Jesus is not merely a man, but God as well. How? We can’t explain it any more than we can explain the virgin birth, but God tells us through His inspired Word, the Bible, that it is true. Jesus’ mission was to take on human form, go through the birthing experience, live as one of us in a life filled with injustice, poverty and inhumanity. He came to save all people from the grips of hell and damnation. His blood would be the final sacrifice. His life was not empty of emotion. He felt pain. He suffered. He was tortured and beaten. He served an undeserved sentence and was executed on a Roman cross. His hands were pierced for our iniquities. He died for us.

A babe so soft, a child so sweet, lay on a bed of hay,

His mom looked at the dimpled hands and counted fingers at play.

Those hands would grow with bruises and scuffs as children often do.

He used them to craft with wood and nails and callouses He knew.

The hands would search the scriptures, though He wrote every phrase,

His hands would do miraculous deeds – like heal and calm and raise.

He touched the hearts of many, He healed their broken souls, He held them close and tight.

The soldiers rammed iron nails into His willing flesh. Each nerve burned for our plight.

He died upon that wooden cross, He suffered, and He bled,

The grave would never hold Him. He conquered death instead.

When once again we see Him in glory and in might,

He’ll take our hands and hold them. For He has won our fight.

THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR ANOTHER DAY. REMIND US OF WHAT YOU SUFFERED FOR US AND THAT HEAVEN AWAITS THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN YOU!