so i wrote a little something

 

about Good Friday, yesterday, of course, but then moments before i published it, there was a crack of lightening and possibly the loudest thunder i've ever heard, and all the lights went off, the computer went black, and i don't mind admitting i called the dog to my side and sang Jesus Loves Me under my breath, something my sisters and i would do when we were little and scared.

and that was the end of that post.

so here it is, the eve before Easter, and i just finished reading a few pages to the children from the Jesus Storybook Bible and finding my voice cracking and tears blurring the words about Jesus' Secret Rescue Plan, about how He and God had this plan all along to rescue their people from the sin that killed them.

and that plan, it was so perfect and brilliant and terrible that it took His breath away.

the plan involved nails and blood and unspeakable pain. but that was not the worst of it.

the plan involved the absorption of every sin ever committed. but maybe that was not the worst of it.

maybe the worst part of their plan was that at the moment the Son took on all that sin, His Father would turn His back and walk away. 

and as soon as that happened, Jesus gave up His spirit.

which means Jesus literally could not go on without His Father.

sometimes i say that i want to be more dependent on God, but i think i have gotten this wrong; i think i am more dependent on God than i will ever know. 

i'm going to bet that if God the Son needed the abiding presence of God the Father in order to live, we might too.

this breath you're breathing. means. God. is. with. you. 

this moment? living proof of God's presence.

because you would die without it.

which is why it was only when Jesus' sentence in hell was finished and He was reunited with the One who loved Him, that He came back to life. Father present, Son alive.

Emmanuel.

Allelujah.

 

::jenn::

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Megan]

Praise God. Seriously. Praise God.

[Susan]

This is a powerful post Jennifer. It gives me something to ponder all day. Thank you. I have never thought about Jesus desperate need for his Father, to the point of death without it. Just another reason why Jesus in me- life everlasting.

love you deep