Today I am thankful for what my Jesus did for me on the cross. Tonight at our church we will be having the Lord's supper. This is something we do once a year, always the wednesday before Easter. I am always thankful for my salvation, but I love knowing that we have a day set aside to remember what He did for us.
I remember the day I got saved. I was cleaning my room and listening to one of my sisters old tapes. I was about 10 years old. A song came on called "via dolorosa" I believe it was sung by Sandi Patti and I have always loved that song. But that day as I was cleaning my room, I really listened to the words of that song. I knew the story of Jesus and the sacrifice He made for me. If you asked me questions about it, I could give you all the right answers. But listening to the words of that song and imagining what He went through really broke me. I remember I started to cry, and I stopped cleaning my room,knelt by my bed and thanked Him for what He did for me. That day I truly accepted Christ into my heart. I didn't want to go to hell.
I never told anyone about what I did that day. Everyone in my family where Christians and as far as they knew so was I. But I knew and I knew it was something that I would never lose.
To this day, when I think of my salvation and how undeserving I am, I cry and thank Him for all He has done. I never want to lose that tenderness. I never want to get use to the thought of what my Jesus did on the cross. The pain He endured, the humiliation, the betrayal, the burden of our sins on His shoulders, the lonliness, having His Heavenly Father turn away from Him. I don't want to ever become unsensitive to these things. He endured all of these things and more, simply for me. for my daughter and my unborn son, for my husband and my sister and brothers. He did this for my parents and my friends, He did this for the world and He did this for you.
Dear sweet Jesus,
I thank you and praise you. Thank you for your grace and mercy. For your forgivness and the everlasting life that you have given me. I thank you for not giving up on this poor broken vessel, but instead using me for your glory. Jesus, sweet Jesus, I'm sorry for the sin in my life. I'm sorry for all the pain I have caused you. I am so unworthy of my salvation. But thank you for loving me inspite of my brokeness. Thank you for blessing me over and over again. I pray that you will continue to use me, and use my family for your glory. I pray that we will live a life that is pleasing to you. I pray that you will hold my daughter and my unborn son in the palm of your hands. I pray that when they come to the day of understanding that they will accept you and love you. I pray that they will serve you with their lives. I asked these things humbly, bowed down before you. Thank you for being my God, my Potter, my Love, my dearest Friend. I love you sweet Jesus.
In your wonderful Name,
Amen
2 comments:
Amen and amen. I still sing that every Easter. =]
AMEN my sister!! That is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read!! God is so awesome and yes we are so undeserving!!! What an awesome testimony and I love the prayer you wrote too!! We had our Lord's Supper last Saturday because our Pastor was going away on the following Monday....but it's not when we do it, it's remembering what JESUS did for us out of pure love for us, dirty rotten sinners!! I am in awe of all that He suffered and how He took my sins upon Himself and was nailed to that cross to die a criminal's death for a crime He never committed!! Truly awe inspiring!!
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