Often
Christians have said, "Good Friday?
Why call it good?" And
of course the happenings of that
day were horrible as our dear
Lord was beaten and battered at
the hands of many of those for
whom His love knew no bounds.
But, it was truly a good day for
all of us who have come to know
him as our Savior and Lord. He
was willing to die, so we might
live with Him forever. We have
been blessed beyond any words
we could try to use to describe
the events of that day.
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Several
weeks before Good Friday this
year, I think because the way
the world has been reacting to
sin - making the good bad and
the bad good and toying with every
Christian thing, I began thinking
of Easter time and thought about
Good Friday which is a work day
for me. With that thought, I am
sure the Lord gave to me, I determined
that I would put in for a day
off and make Good Friday what
it should be in my life. It came
to me to seek out a Good Friday
service at some church near my
home. I was searching the web
for a service and found that the
Methodist Church had a service
at noon. I was impressed that
it was the service to attend.
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The
service was solemn as it should
have been, very touching to my
heart, more scripture reading
and praying than I had heard in
church in a long time. It was
such a blessing to me. It was
good to feel the same sweet spirit
in that church as it had been
when I was a child when the Rev.
John Ozley was its pastor. When
my mother was too ill to go to
church and there were many times
when I was a child, I would get
ready and walk across the street
to the church, which then was
just across from my house. They
were very good to me and made
me feel at home though they were
a different denomination than
I. I even played the piano for
their revival one summer when
I was in high school.
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I
know that I will carry the sweet
memories of following the Lord's
leading to that service for many
years to come. I know I made a
new friend there, Janet, who has
the gift of prayer. It was as
if we had been friends for years.
She was lovely to me and we talked
of people who are mutual friends
and acquaintances. She offered
that if any time I needed a prayer
group to help Evergreen PT, or
if there were a special request
that needed lots of special attention,
to please call. We exchanged e-mail
addresses and she has received
our Evergreen Prayer Team lists
ever since. I know that over time
I will find out more and more
why the Lord so impressed me to
attend a Good Friday service somewhere.
It is such a joy every time I
know I have done what the Lord
has wanted me to do.
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I
pray that each of you will always
remember that I love you. I pray
that your Easter Sunday will be
glorious, bright and full of joy
and excitement as we remember
that our Savior and Lord is not
dead, but that He arose from that
tomb and is now at the right hand
of the Heavenly Father making
intercessions for us as we pray
in His Name. He sent His Spirit
to walk alongside us and angels
to guard our steps. Hallelujah
joyously escapes my lips when
I realize just how much He has
done for us.
Copyright
Marjorie 2005
