At the Cross on Good Friday

At the Cross

I know a place

A wonderful place

Where accused and condemned

Find mercy and grace

Where the wrongs we have done

And the wrongs done to us

Were nailed there with Him

There on the cross

At the cross, He died for my sins

At the cross, He gave His life again

At the cross, He died for my sins

At the cross, He gave His life again

This song has been in my head since Bible Study yesterday, and though it seems so short and somewhat simple, its words have brought me healing and hope and gratitude as it continues to replay in my head. Oh how thankful I am for the cross and for my Christ who gave His life for me!

Today we have been attempting to focus on Good Friday- I'm trying to help my kids understand that Easter is not just a Sunday thing where you get candy and have egg hunts, but there is so, so much more to it than that. I got a really great kids book "What is Easter?" and we have been doing all of the fun activities- yes, but while doing so we have been discussing the true reason we can celebrate. We have made crosses out of play-dough, than this morning we had Breanna, Allie, Micheal, Alex and our friends Tiffany and Aden over to color eggs and make jelly bean bracelets. (However, the pack of 28 needles of varying sizes that I bought, didn't have an eye big enough for our bracelet thread, so we just ate a bunch and Rylin made a picture of the 3 crosses with jelly beans and glue.) It has been a good day so far. I really wanted Kacia to understand that although today is the day we honor Christ for dying on the cross it is still most definitely a day to celebrate and not to mourn, because what happened 3 days later? He rose again! We celebrate because Good Friday is not the end of the story! What an amazing Savior we serve!!