Author: Sue Wilson

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If you want to build a strong family ….. you must look beyond your own lifetime. Life is not a 100 metre sprint ….. but rather a relay race. We each run our lap and pass on the baton to the next generation. The race is won or lost in that passing on phase. Our children will do what we do ….. not what we tell them to do. If we do well ….. we will leave a legacy that is far greater than we could imagine.

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We’ve been doing some babysitting this week and I just had to snap this moment of Pa and his grandsons. Much of our learning is caught as well as taught. Things likework ethics ….. safety ….. and perseverance. As well as sharing stories of ‘how it was when I was your age!’ Memories are made of this!

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The stone’s been rolled away! A lot can happen in three days! So much took place on that Cross that it will take a lifetime and beyond to understand it all. But to put it simply ….. an exchange took place. Jesus disciples would testify to that! Peter went from denying Jesus three times ….. to telling Him he loves Him three times. His guilt and shame were exchanged for forgiveness and a whole new commission. Thomas went from being a doubter ….. to a believer. The guys who ran away from the garden ….. became missionaries to the ends of the world. The women who followed Jesus went from grief and despair ….. to being filled with joy. Whatever you are going through ….. take your guilt ….. shame ….. fear ….. doubts ….. grief ….. to the Cross. It will truly change your life! Nothing could keep Jesus in the grave! The same power that raised Him back to life is available to you and me! No stone ….. no matter how big ….. no matter how long it has been there ….. can stand in the way!

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Have you ever wondered why today is called ‘Good Friday’? What’s good about someone dying a gruesome death? What’s good about being betrayed ….. beaten ….. humiliated ….. mocked ….. and finally nailed to a cross and left to die? The ‘good’ part is that a perfectly ‘good’ man paid the price for my sin. What is sin? It is anything that falls short of God’s standard. God’s standard is 100%. It doesn’t matter whether you get 99% or 5% ….. you have missed the mark! There are no big sins and small sins! That’s why we are all sinners ….. and we all needed a Saviour. That’s what Easter is all about! On the Cross ….. a wonderful exchange took place. Jesus took all my wrongness and exchanged it for His rightness. He took my shame and gave me His approval. He took my fear and gave me his boldness. He took my sickness and gave me His wellness. He took my death and gave me His life ….. and exchanged all my ‘badness’ for all His ‘goodness’!Now that’s really good news! Will you accept that exchange? Today would be a great day for a new beginning!

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It was in a garden that Jesus wrestled in prayer on the night before He died. He was alone ….. betrayed ….. and facing the greatest battle of His life. At times like that ….. we need to tell it like it is ….. cry in desperation ….. but come to the conclusion “Not my will ….. but Your will be done.” That was where the battle was won! In a place of honest, open prayer.

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The Cross is one of the most powerful symbols recognised worldwide. To me ….. it speaks of forgiveness. The vertical beam represents the forgiveness I need to receive from God. The horizontal beam is two-fold. It speaks of the forgiveness I need to extend to others ….. as well as the forgiveness I need to receive from others. Is there someone you need to forgive ….. or ask for forgiveness this Easter?

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I was blessed last night to be able to watch the first part of Season 5 of The Chosen ….. ‘The Last Supper’. It was riveting! But what impacted me most was the emotion portrayed. Most of us are no doubt familiar with the story of the week leading up to Jesus death on the cross. We sometimes forget that Jesus was fully God but also fully human. The weight He carried was more than we could imagine. He knew what He was about to suffer  ….. and yet His compassion for you and me was so great that He was willing to go through the horrific death by crucifiction. Because of that ….. He is able to identify with any situation we are going through. Betrayal …… abandonment …… pain …… being misunderstood. Whatever it is ….. take it to Jesus.

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Have you ever thought about how you would like people to remember you at your funeral? We heard a great message yesterday around 2 Tim 4:7 from Ps Amy Morenko. St Paul, ….. knowing his death was imminent ….. said ‘ I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith!’ I would love to have those words said about me! But are they true? I have the opportunity to ask myself “Am I fighting the ‘good’ fight ….. or am I getting involved with ‘bad’ fights? Am I running ‘my race’ ….. or trying to compete with others’ races? Am I keeping my faith as well as I keep my phone?” 

The way we live now will determine not only how we are remembered here on earth but also where we spend eternity. The reason St Paul could say those things was because his faith was based on Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. We don’t earn our salvation by the way we live ….. but we live for Him out of thankfulness for the price He paid for us!