What’s Important To Me?
What’s important to me?
When I was 4, nap time with my great-grandmother was important. When I was 5, my crayons fought with my legos for what was more important to me. When I turned 13, name-brand shoes were important. I think I also remember something called British Knights or BK’s. Now that I am 32, I wonder what is important to me now……..
About 2000 years ago, a Man about my age ate a final meal with His friends. At the meal, He took bread and wine and gave it to His Friends. But He did not just give them bread and wine. He gave them what is important to me on this day. This Man gave Himself. It was from this meal that this Man I speak of would be betrayed by one of His friends. I have been betrayed and I am sure you have experienced betrayal. The type of betrayal this Man experienced is beyond any type of betrayal I can imagine. His friend kissed Him on the cheek and turned Him over to a group of thugs. The thugs beat Him and humiliated Him. His day in court was nothing but a way to mock and abuse Him further. He received the sentence of death. I try to understand capital punishment as it is today, but nothing today can begin to compare to how He would be put to death. He would carry the wood to the mountain top where His death would take place. It is on the mountain where He would hang for what I have done.
This is all important to me. What is also important to me today is that it did not end with His death, but what happened after His death. He would lay in a tomb dead for three days. What is important to me is that He did not remain dead.
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