Something fun

//Moody was asked: "Must one forsake the world to follow the Lord?" Moody replied:"If you truly follow the Lord, the world will automatically abandon you."

//A missionary in India had a hospital set up for lepers, specializing in leprosy patients. The missionary tells the gospel to them daily, and washes their wounds. One person sees and remarked: "Even if you give me one million a day, I will not do such work." Preacher replied: "If it was for a million a day, I will not do such work."

//A Christian, while visiting a large chapel in Spain, the people of the chapel pointed out to him all the gold and silver decorations in the hall, and said proudly: "Today we no longer have to say those shabby words like Peter, 'Silver or gold I do not have'." The brother replied: "Yes, you are also unable to to say with Peter, 'In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.'"

//Someone asked Muller:"Do you normally keep savings?"Muller answered:"That's a stupid method. If I store away my savings, when I am in lack, how do I call upon the Lord?

//A white man went to Africa for business, and saw a black man sitting by the tree reading the bible, the white man made a mockery saying: "This book no longer holds any value in our country." The black man points to his belly and replied:"If this book has no value, you would've already entered my stomach."

//One English farmer installed a wind vane on top of his new barn that reads, "God is Love". A friend saw it, puzzled and asked:"Does the love of God change like the direction of the wind?" The farmed replied:"No. No matter which direction the wind blows, there is the love of God."

A Peace that Cometh after Sorrow

There is a peace that cometh after sorrow,
Of hope surrendered, not of hope fulfilled;
A peace that looketh not upon tomorrow,
But calmly on a tempest that it stilled.
A peace that lives not now in joy's excesses,
Nor in the happy life of love secure;
But in the unerring strength the heart possesses,
Of conflicts won while learning to endure.
A peace there is, in sacrifice secluded,
A life subdued, from will and passion free;
Tis not the peace that over Eden brooded,
But that which triumphed in Gethsemane.

 - Jessie Rose Gates

Passionplay 2020

Passionplay Oberammergau 2010

"... every ten years forever more."

I say we make a commitment for 2020.

Easter - Good Friday

Two days ago a friend messaged me, "...Why is Good Friday called 'good' Friday?" 

First reaction: huh? so random?

Second reaction: wow, awesome, she want to know about Christ? Wait, doesn't every body (at least the long-term residents of any western society with Christian b/g) know?

Followed by: hmmm...blank...search Google, try to remember sermons, readings (in case my words are not enough; in case I get it wrong; in case I misunderstood; in case I misinform...)

Then: Pause...STOP, bang my head, this answer I should know and remember by heart. Not technically, as to the word 'good', but I know the significance.

In the end....after 15minutes of stringing words together I replied,  "...when Jesus was crucified and died on the cross. Because Christ's death and resurrection paid for the Sins of all mankind in our place, so that we are able to come before God in his name. His death is victory over death, sin and devil, a sigh of eternal hope for mankind..."

After thought:

Besides reflecting on my own behavior from the event...

Easter holiday is not just another long weekend break on a Christian's calender. Let not remembrance become a tradition, a fixture on the calendar and meanings?

"We weep, but we also rejoice."

http://solapanel.org/article/it_is_not_death_to_die/ 

When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

- 1 Corinthians 15:54-57