Good Friday??? Happy Saturday!!

Hello Everyone,
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First, I'd like to thank all of you who take the time out of your day to read this. According to my numbers, it's not very many of you but you ARE SO appreciated. I sincerely hope something I type helps you in some small way.

Yesterday was Good Friday and I didn't post anything about that. Honestly, I had other things on my mind and believe me.....that was rude. The Lord should always be first and foremost on my mind. Certainly not on things in the past. For that I ask you to forgive me.....please.

My youngest son, who is 20 was given the day off at his job for Good Friday. He asked me, "why is it called Good Friday when that's the day that Jesus died? Shouldn't it be like Bad Friday" or Dead Friday or something along those lines. I told him no, they call it Good Friday because it was His act of willingly dying for us that allows us access to the Father, and that allows the comforter to come and abide in us (Holy Spirit) and mainly it was His death that allows us to enter into fellowship with God eternally. The veil of separation has been torn open and we ARE together each and every day if we want it.....did you get that last part.....IF WE WANT IT.

For a lot of people, me included, we tend to forget about God when things are going well. When we need Him is when we really make an effort to bridge that gap. Do you really think that's a coincidence? I truly believe that like any parent, He wants the best for us, but He misses us. I'm not saying that He wants bad things to happen but, I truly believe He uses the bad things that happen to us to further His purposes in our lives. And if in the process we remember that He can help us and will pray, then all the more use it can be. For US. We were created for a purpose. I don't think that can truly be understood until we're standing in front of Him. Wow, what a moment that will be. I think about that from time to time, how will I respond, will I fall to my knees, will I hug Him, will I cry, will I sing, I think I will do all of those things and probably in that order. At least I KNOW with everything inside of me that He died for ME and everyone else. This is good even though we think death is a bad thing, I don't really think it is. For those of us in Christ, death is the ultimate VACA.....streets of gold???  Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.  :-)

Until next time, I hope you take a moment and think about the sacrifice that He made in order for us to have eternal life with Him. Thank you Jesus for this merciful gift. Take care of each other and don't forget to love you too. That's important if it's done properly.  Love Patty