AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, PEOPLE HAVE MADE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS. I HAVE MADE MANY OF THEM MYSELF. I CANNOT SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE, BUT USUALLY BE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, THREE MONTHS LATER, I HAVE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN WHAT I SO FIRMLY RESOLVED TO DO ON JANUARY 1ST. IN FACT, I DO NOT EVER RECALL ONE SINGLE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION THAT I MANAGED TO KEEP. I GREW UP IN THE CATHOLIC FAITH. ALL CATHOLICS WERE EXPECTED TO GIVE UP CERTAIN HABITS, DESIRES OR FAVORITE FOODS OR PAST TIMES FOR THE PERIOD BEFORE EASTER CALLED LENT. I ALWAYS CAME UP WITH SEVERAL REALLY GOOD IDEAS OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO GIVE UP, BUT NEVER ACTUALLY KEPT MY PROMISES FOR THAT EITHER.
THIS WEEKEND AT THE CAMP, I HAD ALOT OF TIME TO RELAX AND THINK. I GAVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST. HE GAVE UP SO MUCH IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT ALL BE SAVED. THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIFE ABUNDANTLY. OUR GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON HERE TO EARTH AS A COMPLETE AND TOTAL SACRIFICE FOR NOT JUST ME, BUT FOR YOU, FOR ALL OF US. FOR OUR GENERATIONS PAST AND OUR GENERATIONS TO COME. THE MORE I THOUGHT OF WHAT ALL JESUS GAVE UP SO FREELY, THE MORE I BECAME CONVINCED OF WHAT I ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO DO.
JESUS WENT TO THAT OLD WOODEN CROSS WITHOUT SO MUCH AS ONE COMPLAINT. HE ENDURED TORTURE AND HUMILIATION. HE DIED A HORRIBLE DEATH AS PEOPLE WATCHED AND CHEERED. OH, BUT HIS RESURRECTION WAS GLORIOUS. IMAGINE THE DISBELIEF OF EVERYONE WHEN THE HEAVY STONE TO HIS TOMB WAS ROLLED AWAY TO REVEAL AN EMPTY GRAVE!!!!! THIS WAS SUCH A FULFILLMENT OF SCRIPTURE. THIS PROVED THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS INDEED THE MESSIAH! HE HAD INDEED BEEN SENT TO SAVE THE WORLD.
I HAVE NEVER KEPT A NEW YEARS RESOLUTION. I HAVE NEVER COMPLETELY GAVE ANYTHING UP FOR LENT. THIS YEAR, THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF MY LORD JESUS CHRIST HAS TAKEN ON A WHOLE NEW SIGNIFICANCE IN MY LIFE. I HAVE DECIDED THIS YEAR TO MAKE UP MY OWN RESURRECTION DAY RESOLUTIONS. IT SEEMS TO BE THE LEAST I CAN DO SINCE MY GOD SACRIFICED HIS ONLY SON FOR ME. I RESOLVE TO CONTINUE TO BE CONSUMED BY HIS WORD. I INTEND TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF MY STUDY BIBLE. I WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT POSSIBLE TO CARRY HIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS. I WILL DO MY BEST TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO LEARN OF HIS LOVE AND MERCY. I WANT TO WITNESS HIS LOVE AND KINDNESS IN EVERY WAY I POSSIBLY CAN.
THESE ARE MY RESURRECTION RESOLUTIONS. IT IS MY HOPE AND DESIRE THAT OTHERS WILL SEE HIS LOVE THROUGH ME. GOD HAS DONE AN AWESOME WORK IN MY LIFE. IT IS MY WISH THAT YOU ALLOW HIM TO DO THE SAME FOR YOU. IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE SURELY WILL DO IT FOR YOU. HOPE YOU HAD A BLESSED AND JOYOUS EASTER!
THIS WEEKEND AT THE CAMP, I HAD ALOT OF TIME TO RELAX AND THINK. I GAVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST. HE GAVE UP SO MUCH IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT ALL BE SAVED. THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIFE ABUNDANTLY. OUR GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON HERE TO EARTH AS A COMPLETE AND TOTAL SACRIFICE FOR NOT JUST ME, BUT FOR YOU, FOR ALL OF US. FOR OUR GENERATIONS PAST AND OUR GENERATIONS TO COME. THE MORE I THOUGHT OF WHAT ALL JESUS GAVE UP SO FREELY, THE MORE I BECAME CONVINCED OF WHAT I ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO DO.
JESUS WENT TO THAT OLD WOODEN CROSS WITHOUT SO MUCH AS ONE COMPLAINT. HE ENDURED TORTURE AND HUMILIATION. HE DIED A HORRIBLE DEATH AS PEOPLE WATCHED AND CHEERED. OH, BUT HIS RESURRECTION WAS GLORIOUS. IMAGINE THE DISBELIEF OF EVERYONE WHEN THE HEAVY STONE TO HIS TOMB WAS ROLLED AWAY TO REVEAL AN EMPTY GRAVE!!!!! THIS WAS SUCH A FULFILLMENT OF SCRIPTURE. THIS PROVED THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS INDEED THE MESSIAH! HE HAD INDEED BEEN SENT TO SAVE THE WORLD.
I HAVE NEVER KEPT A NEW YEARS RESOLUTION. I HAVE NEVER COMPLETELY GAVE ANYTHING UP FOR LENT. THIS YEAR, THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF MY LORD JESUS CHRIST HAS TAKEN ON A WHOLE NEW SIGNIFICANCE IN MY LIFE. I HAVE DECIDED THIS YEAR TO MAKE UP MY OWN RESURRECTION DAY RESOLUTIONS. IT SEEMS TO BE THE LEAST I CAN DO SINCE MY GOD SACRIFICED HIS ONLY SON FOR ME. I RESOLVE TO CONTINUE TO BE CONSUMED BY HIS WORD. I INTEND TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF MY STUDY BIBLE. I WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT POSSIBLE TO CARRY HIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS. I WILL DO MY BEST TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO LEARN OF HIS LOVE AND MERCY. I WANT TO WITNESS HIS LOVE AND KINDNESS IN EVERY WAY I POSSIBLY CAN.
THESE ARE MY RESURRECTION RESOLUTIONS. IT IS MY HOPE AND DESIRE THAT OTHERS WILL SEE HIS LOVE THROUGH ME. GOD HAS DONE AN AWESOME WORK IN MY LIFE. IT IS MY WISH THAT YOU ALLOW HIM TO DO THE SAME FOR YOU. IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE SURELY WILL DO IT FOR YOU. HOPE YOU HAD A BLESSED AND JOYOUS EASTER!
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