Pour Out Your Life Upon Jesus This Easter
Before
Easter weekend there is Mary, Lazarus’s Sister who poured out a very expensive
jar of perfume on Jesus’ feet that was meant to be used for His burial. When
she poured out this perfume on His feet she then took her hair and wiped the
oil all over His feet. This was her way of showing how thankful, how grateful
she was to Him for not only bringing her Brother back to life, (This was the
reason Jesus was at their place, it was a thank you meal for giving them back
their Brother), but she was also very thankful and grateful for all that He
took time to teach her and His love for them. Through this very action she was
pouring out her heart to Him, her life. This is an example of what we also can
do, not so much pour out a bottle of expensive perfume, (But is you feel
inclined to do you can, all though some other people might not appreciate the
smell no matter how beautiful the perfume).
On the Sunday
before Easter we celebrate Palm Sunday, remembering the Triumphal Entry Jesus
made when He rode on a donkey into Jerusalem. This was to fore fill Scripture
and also to come out for it was finally Jesus’ time to stop holding back from
all that He was sent to earth to do for us, it was time to glorify His Father.
Up until this point Jesus kept on saying, “No it is not yet my time.” There is
a lot of celebration with this Sunday.
Then there
is Ash Wednesday which mostly the high churches take part in this. It is
actually the Day of Ashes; it is a time to repent.
Then there
is Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday which is the day that Jesus shared the
Passover meal with his disciples. Maundy is derived from the Latin word for “command”
and refers to Jesus’ commandment to the disciples to “Love one another as I
have loved you.” Jesus showed His disciples His love by becoming a servant and
washing their feet. This is also a ceremony that is mostly carried out by the
older churches not so much the new style churches.
Next we have
Good Friday, this is a day of darkness, the day that we reflect on the beating
that Jesus took upon Himself for us to free us from all pain, sickness, and disease,
so that we who believe in Jesus might not have to bare these things for He does
not want us to be suffering. It is also the day that He was crucified for us.
When the soldiers hammered the nails into the palm of His hands and He shed His
bleed he was also doing this for us for the forgiveness of our sins. He loved
us that much that He was willing to go through all this for us so that we would
be free from all pain sickness shame condemnation and guilt ridden by our sin.
This service
is quite a solemn service more like a funeral as that is what it is about Jesus’
death.
Then we come
together on Easter Sunday and Celebrate for this day was the day that He was
raised from the dead and He holds the victory for us in His nail pierced hands
free for us to take love a life of victory and in freedom. Hallelujah.
This is a
very condensed version of all that happens and did happen for us during Easter
Week or Holy Week.
And yes we
do celebrate with the celebrations of Easter Bunny and egg giving, well at
least our family do and so do the church that we belong to.
I do hope you
enjoy all that Jesus has for you over this next week and enjoy.
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