06 April 2012

A Good Friday Meditation



O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down,
Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown;
O sacred Head, what glory, what bliss till now was Thine!
Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine.

 

There is nothing in our lives that our precious Lord has not already suffered and suffered for His elect. Whether grief, family struggles, financial crisis, betrayal, bodily pain or temptation, He endured it all for His chosen. Let's take a few moments today to meditate on this and prepare our hearts for corporate worship this coming Lord's Day.

    It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!” And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.  (Luke 23:44-48 ESV)


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