Day 88
Pretty much the entire passion week in one day. And some awesome snippets of advice. And the whole reason of the crucifixion at the end. I don't think I've ever concentrated this much on your death and why and the amazingness at the end! I mean, I have before. But I'm just getting saturated with this stuff.And it's so beautiful. Thank you.
Love,
Luke 22
I guess the moral of the story is to not let Satan enter you. The other one is that God can always work through evil.
This is so weird. Mr. M just talked about the triumphal entry, because it's Palm Sunday. Now we're getting ready for next week. Right now. Just two millennium ago. This is weird.
Jesus was eagerly desiring to have the last supper. He was looking forward to it. I semi-know what that's like. It's like when you're on vacation/having a family reunion, and it's the last night and you're going to sing lots of songs and hang out and stuff. It's bittersweet, but you're still looking forward to that time. Especially when you know this is just the shadow of what it will be like in the Next Age.
It still is ridiculous. I know I can't really talk, because I missed yesterday's Nipto. Again. For the umteenth time. And you still love me. It's the same here. You still love them, even when they were wondering about who would betray you, then in the same breath who was the greatest. Again. Probably for the umteenth time. You've dealt with this before (Be a servant) but they can't get it. But he still tells them patiently. And even though Luke says nothing of it, you showed them what it's like. You washed their feet. I love you.
They went without purse or bags or anything and yet they lacked nothing. That is awesome. God takes care of them, and material things are not as essential as America seems to think.
Why did Jesus say they needed swords? No lo se'.
Jesus' prayer was ridiculous. An angel was there, he was sweating blood, and preparing for this ultimate sacrifice of love. God, I don't know what to say. That you knew it was coming, you always knew it was coming, you never gave up, you never sinned, you loved us anyway... Only You could do that. No frail human mortal could ever have done what you are going to do here. Even though Jesus had prepared for this his whole life, he still prayed to take this cup from him. I'm glad he was able to say not my will but yours.
The disciples were asleep. Matthew and Mark did not say a certain phrase, but it's really really interesting. They were exhausted from sorrow. They finally figured out that someone was going to betray Jesus, and they could tell Jesus was feeling down... though that's a gross understatement.
Judas comes, the disciples are like, hey! Jesus just checked to see if we had swords... should we use them?! Jesus is like, NO. This is what needs to happen.
"But this is your hour: when darkness reigns." These next few days will definitely be the darkest days since the beginning of the world, and it will be until the beginning of the end. They're also the most painfully glorious.
v 61 the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. That piercing guilt... I've felt a little of that. I haven't denied my Lord in that way, but I can imagine what it would be like to have Jesus look at you like that. Just a little bit.
So what is this, Treachery Thursday?
aww Jesus got Herod and Pilate to be friends...
People preferred a murderer to Jesus. Ouch. But it's got to be done. But ouch.
"Man, Jesus. These women are crying for you, and you tell them such depressing stuff! You don't tell them, don't weep... I'm going to conquer all of this! Lighten up!"
Or Not. You're God. You did that for a reason. This is serious stuff. I think the tree is getting drier and drier. Not so green anymore. Of course, we don't crucify people anymore. We just kill them when they're not born and cry about trees instead. Ok, I sound really cynical, but it's late at night and I'm just spouting out what's in my head.
"There they crucified him." Such a simple statement. Right now I can't picture the pain, the love, the wounds, the PAIN, the EXCRUCIATING PAIN Jesus is in right there. Lord, What?? Why?!
And yet you forgive them. What?? Why?!
You were scorned. People mocked you, yet you did not show your power and save yourself. What?? Why?!
Love.
This criminal who kind of rebukes the other... That took a lot of something. Not to just want the pain to end. To still be reasonable, and know that Jesus was suffering for nothing. No reason. Pointless... or so it seems. But really. That took strength of character.
And the curtain was torn in two. I still love that picture.
Joseph rocks. He didn't conform with the crowd. And he's honoring my lord. My master. I'm so glad he did that for my God.
He is risen. WHATTT!!!! How ridiculous is that! He was talking literally for once! No seriously... He defeated death. I have life. We all have life. Satan just lost the most important battle ever. Not that there was really any hope for him. But this is where the light starts shining with a vengeance!!
Awesome--that is such a little word. Overused. But AWE-some. Full of AWE
I LOVE it when you appeared to those two disciples on the road, walked with them, explained everything to them, broke bread with them, and let them KNOW you. How amazing would that be to have Jesus explain every little detail of how the prophets foretold his life. Just seeing the pieces click together... the illumination... I wish I could have been there. Later. Just wait, me. Heaven's going to be AWESOME
That really is good news. Now the disciples get it. Now the light goes off. Now they know soo much. More than I know. I wonder what is was like, having all this new stuff to look back on conversations with a new light... see where they were so blind... see how Jesus worked in each of their lives to get them to the point of telling the good news to all. How amazing is that! I'm starting to think that it's going to take eternity just to figure it all out!
Proverbs 20
3 we talked about this at Youth group tonight. Avoid confrontation.
4 A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing. It's the season for plowing. I'm planting seeds of knowledge and wisdom that will grow in college and can be harvested after college in the "real" world. So plow now. Learn as much as you can.
9 only Jesus!
18 seek advice. I have. Now I need to sit with you and figure it all out. ERGH Soon! I'll carve it out sometime!
24 Things could turn out completely different and it might not make sense, and all but it's God. God never makes sense. Well, sometimes he does. But not really.
25 hehe... hehe...
Revelation 20
Woot I love the dragon in the Abyss... That's a very good place for him.
Is it bad that it's nice to have something to hate and not feel like... no I really should love everybody! There's someone I can hate! Pure evil. I like it. Hope that's ok? (of course it's ok, why wouldn't it be ok?!!)
Second death has no power over them. Can you just shout Hallelujah!!!? Tis soo amazing. I wish I could explain it more awesomely. But amazing and awesome are the only two adjectives I know right now--WHOA It's tomorrow now. it's late. Almost done. (I can do it I can do it I can do it.)
The book of life. My name is in there. Me. And my family. And some of my friends. And it's going to be awesome!
Lord... Yes, it'll be awesome. But it'll also be sad there for a time. People I know will be populating hell unless You can help me.
And you reply no: If you help me!