"For the wages of sin is death;but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
Thursday, my
daughter and nephew had an Easter egg hunt at their preschool. Jozie had helped me stuff eggs for her
classroom and was excited to bring in her sparkle eggs for her friends to
see. After the egg hunt my mother
brought them home and on the way she heard the following conversation from the
back seat:
Micah (opening his
egg): Look Jozie! Candy!
Jozie: Oh Micah
what a great prize! You are so blessed!
My mom called me
immediately to report the conversation. Jozie often sounds like she’s four
going on forty-four. A few days ago, in
a bid to get a popsicle, she told me “Okay mom, but if I don’t get a popsicle,
your team doesn’t qualify!” I don’t know
what race I was out of, but it sounded pretty important.
Out of the mouth of
babes come great truths. Lent is a time
to contemplate the cross, to contemplate the pain and the sacrifice of
Christ. But, it is also a time to
recognize our blessings. Where would we
be without Christ? We would be lost and
dying in our own sin with no escape from Hell.
We would not have the new covenant or the hope of forgiveness. All around us, justice would be served on an
eye for an eye standard. There would be
no church, no fellowship, and no hope.
Yes, lent is a time
of reflection and contemplation on the dark path that led to the cross, but it’s
also a time to think on how different things might had been if Jesus had chosen
a selfish, human path that didn’t lead to Golgotha. We are so blessed to serve a selfless Savior.
Prayer: Holy God, I am so blessed, from the air I breathe to the life you gave up for me. Help me to never take the cross for granted and always, always be thankful. Amen
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