[dutchess]

Finest Weekend Thread - Stations of the Cross

As we prepare to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ please stop in and join us in prayer and meditation with the Stations of the Cross. May God bless you and yours. Also a special prayer for our military men and women and their families. Thank you all for being part of our FR Family.

[Faith]

This is beautiful, dutchess. Thank you so much.

[MEG33]

Pieta

Thank You, Dutchess for this most beautiful presentation.
Wishing You A Blessed Good Friday

[Billie]

This will always be one of our most beautiful threads. Thank you so much, dutchess, for creating it for the Finest in its infancy, and for sharing it with us every year on Easter weekend.

[The Mayor]

March 21, 2008

Remember Me

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READ: Luke 23:39-43

Remember me when You come into Your kingdom. —Luke 23:42

Matthew Henshaw got his name into the Guinness Book of World Records in an unusual way. After swallowing a 15.9-inch sword, Henshaw attached a 40-pound sack of potatoes to the handle of the sword and held it for 5 seconds. (This is not recommended.)

Henshaw and others like him have gone to extraordinary lengths to have their names memorialized in the world’s most famous record book. The longing for immortality compels people to do many things—some remarkable, and some bizarre.

The immortality Jesus offers has nothing to do with anything we do. In fact, after giving His disciples the authority to do truly remarkable things (Luke 10:17-19), Jesus said, “Do not rejoice . . . that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven” (v.20).

At Golgotha, an unnamed thief believed that message just in time (Luke 23:40-42). He understood that eternal life had nothing to do with what he had done—good or bad. It had to do with what Jesus was doing—giving His own life so that even the undeserving could be welcomed into heaven by God. The important thing is being remembered not by others, but by God.

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood—
Sealed my pardon with His blood:
Hallelujah, what a Savior!  —Bliss

Our lives matter because God loves us.

Bible in One Year: Deuteronomy 19–21; Proverbs 28:15-28

[Mama_Bear]

Thank you, dutchess, for this Easter post, and thank you to those who've pinged me with their Easter wishes and beautiful graphics.

May all my Finest FRiends have a blessed Easter and a glorious spring!