Monday, March 13, 2017

Hang In There...

Hang In There…

What an allegory… The depiction of the thief of the cross beside Jesus; I see myself… Sure enough deserving of all charges levied against me… Every allegation… Because I have done more than just steal.

It’s not hearsay because some charges I thought I got away with, but God still knew and still granted mercy; and the consequences to follow could have given me a death sentence that took my life at that very moment of the act or just at the thought of it, however, grace became my advocate.  Jesus stood in proxy as judgment was adjudicated from Heaven; and He didn't just take the brunt, but He endured it all.

It’s one thing to be falsely accused but I did it all – and then some.  When I think about Jesus and all He’s done for me, I pick up my pen or keyboard and say to those who are as guilty as sin as I am to say “Leave Him alone, He doesn't have to do anything more on our behalf.  He is not the one who is guilty, yet stays here right by our side, to hang in there with us, undeserving but yet willing to stay.”
He could have gotten himself down and me out of my sentence but He promised me something even better – Life with Him in eternal paradise for the recognition of knowing who He is and what He is capable of doing – to give a pardon of my sins- the impossible, because there is nothing and no one that could have done it for me.


He remembers us today, yesterday and forevermore and because He does, we are saved. So, hang on in there… 

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