Overflow Espresso

Here I sit at Overflow. It's been a while since I've been over this way. The beautiful weather has put me in a great mood. The big windows here give me the chance to look outside and enjoy it, and at the same time get some work done in preparation for Sunday.

If the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, your faith and mine is without a foundation, and without that foundation we are still guilty in our sins. We could never experience the joy of forgiveness, of communion with God, without God first becoming Jesus, dying on the cross as a consequence of our sin, satisfying His just wrath while at the same time demonstrating His extravagant love, and then defeating the consequence of our sin in His resurrection. Jesus has broken the chains of our sin that have held us and were once a barrier between us and Himself. We must put our faith in Jesus as our sin bearer, forgiver, life-giver, and life-leader.

I'm trying to process this beautiful mystery, knowing I'll never really get my mind around it. I'm asking God that in preparation for Sunday I will realize the weight of my sin, and then feel the weight of it being lifted. Because this is what Jesus is in the business of doing. Just a few thoughts...