Today's RST is another Easter thought this time based on a quote from Max Lucado's book "Six Hours One Friday"...
No stained-class-framed and eloquent homilies. No excuses nor mitigating circumstances. Just an honest, desperate plea for help...
At this point, Jesus performs the greatest miracle of His ministry. Right there on the cross. Greater than raising the dead or healing the sick. Greater than casting out demons or feeding thousands. Greater than the earthquake that followed His death, greater than the tearing of the curtain from top to bottom, greater than the darkness, greater even than His resurrection and the appearing on the streets of the simultaneously-resurrected saints. He performed the miracle that, by the way, He still loves to perform--the miracle of forgiveness...
Wow. One second, a convicted thief, paying for his crimes, like a beggar nervously squeezing his hat at the castle door, wondering if the King might spare a few crumbs. The next, suddenly standing in an impossibly well-stocked pantry and hearing--"this is all for you." Such is the very definition of grace--God's grace...
"Jesus, please remember me when you come into your kingdom."
"I will--you will be there with me."
(Luke 23:42,43)
You've been prayed for today...
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