This morning I woke up to cloudy skies and rainy weather. I was thrilled to say the least. I wanted some ideal shooting weather to go out and capture the spring this weekend. This weekend is a one of my favorite times of the year. For our faith it hold so much value, if we didn't have anything to rejoice or celebrate we wouldn't have anything to live for. Last night we went to a Good Friday service at River Valley. It was such a blessing and such an amazing reminder of what this weekend really means to us. Our Savior came down and sacrificed himself, willingly, for our sins. So we no longer had to make sacrifices, so we no longer had to pay the price. He tore the veil so we could be closer to him. We have so much to celebrate and so much to be thankful today, tomorrow and the rest of this year. I hope everyone has a blessed holiday weekend!
" But he was pierced for our rebellion,crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.He was whipped so we could be healed.
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all.
He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.
Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people.He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave.
But it was the LORD’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the LORD’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins."
Isaiah 53: 5-11