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Reflections on Holy Week

A Glimpse into Heaven

March 30, 2013 //  by Nikol//  Leave a Comment

For one whole hour on Good Friday I caught a tiny glimpse into Heaven.

A bag piper played Amazing Grace,

photo 3-1 Believers, regardless of denomination, walked side-by-side,

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With a cross leading the way.

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Theological differences were set aside. Scripture & song united us as we paid tribute to our Savior.

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There were people from all walks of life, and pastors clothed in a myriad of attire.

Men…Women…Children…
Black…White…Hispanic…
Able-bodied…Aged…Disabled…
Upper-class…Lower-class…Middle-class
Employed…Unemployed…
Executives…Managers…Laborers…
Needy…Broken…Scarred.

Few words were exchanged among us yet we were one in Spirit, and deep down in my soul I felt the LORD smiling.

It was a little glimpse of Heaven.
The best kind of parade.
And a testimony of the power of Jesus’ Bride.

Beautiful in its facets.
Flawless through His blood.
Glorious in His eyes.

Pedestrians stopped in reverence as the cross passed before them.
Motorist slowed to gaze at this pilgrimage.
Onlookers peered out of houses as we passed.

It was one of the most power testimonies of His love I have ever seen on this Earth.

We speak louder in reverent unity than we ever will individually.

Politics and theological debates might separate us momentarily,but it is the glorious and wretched way of the cross that unites us.

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All hail the power of Jesus’ Name!

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New Beginnings

April 5, 2012 //  by Nikol//  Leave a Comment

I find my arms are open a bit wider this year as I welcome the arrival of Holy Week and the coming of Easter.   My soul is thirsty for the refreshment this week often brings. 

Tonight, I’ll remember the last supper by going to a Maundy Thursday service followed by a small dinner with my friends.  I will enjoy their fellowship, share some inevitable laughs, and celebrate new beginnings with them. 

And in the process, I’ll remember Jesus sitting at a table with His fellowship of brothers telling them of the new beginning that lay ahead.  And I will rejoice that one of those brothers would betray Him and another would deny Him. 

I will rejoice because I have been them. 

And so have you. 

And yet, there is redemption.

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”  -Romans 5:8

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