We are all broken.
On our own, not one single one of us is whole.
But there is one, whose sole purpose was to come and fix us. His sole purpose was OUR souls.
Even when you feel like there's no fixing you...Like you're so broken and cracked you must surely be leaving a trail of tiny you pieces in your wake as you move through life.
Not even then are you beyond Hope - beyond help.
I've been there more than once in my life. I've thought to myself, "why on earth (or in Heaven), would He die for me? I'm so undeserving and I keep disappointing Him, over and over!"
But you know what disappoints Him more?
Our inability to give our lives completely to Him.
The good, the bad, the big, the small, the tiny mundane things that we aren't even sure are "things."
ALL of it -He wants it ALL.
And then He wants us to take back our empty hands and trust Him to handle it. He wants us to know deep in our hearts that He will handle it; that He loves us and only wants the best for us.
He wants us to never come back to the pile we dumped and try to take those problems back. Because doing that means we didn't trust Him to handle it; that somehow we need to help or that we can do it on our own.
And we can't do it on our own.
I don't say this as someone who knows these things and lives that way everyday. I say them as someone broken who knows these things and STILL struggles to live as if I know.
Our Maundy Thursday service at church was wonderful, and I've been thinking about it since then. It gave me a wonderful new perspective on some things as well as some new things to consider.
Today as you think about the immense sacrifice that Christ made for us on Good Friday, prepare your heart to trust Him with all your "stuff."
Lay it at the foot of the cross.
Better yet, nail it to the cross and never go back for it.
Remember what He did, why He did it, and for whom He did it. He did it for you, for me, for ALL of us so that we wouldn't be held responsible for the true cost of sin, which we so rightly deserve.
On Sunday morning as you rejoice and celebrate His resurrection, trust Him with all the stuff you've struggled with. Leave it with Him, turn away from it and start fresh. After all, a resurrection is a new beginning and in Him we are all new creations.
Easter Sunday can be your new beginning, no matter what's in your yesterday, your last week, last year, or last decade.
Begin again with His help and His hope.
Happy Easter!
