PASSION OF CHRIST !

[ELAINE]

BEFORE WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE THE CROOSS AS SOMING DONE FOR UD .
WE HAVE TO SEE IT AS SOMETHING DONE FOR US .


FROM THE GARDEN OF GETHSMANE , WHERE JESUS KNELT TO PRAY ,

TO THE BETRAYEL DONE BY JUDUS ON THAT GRIM AND FATAL DAY ,

FROM THE MIGHTY HANDS OF PILATE WHO PREFERRED TO LET HIM BE ,

TO THE NOBLE PRIESTS AND LEADERS WHO REFUSE TO SET HIM FREE .

FROM THE THORNS UPON HIS HEAD AND LASH MARKS FROM THE STRAP .

TO THE WEIGHT OF SUCH S HEAVY CROSS , STRAPED UPON HIS BACK .

FROM THE THIEF WHO HUNG BESIDE HIM , " CRYING , " LORD , REMEMBER ME .

TO THE GENTLE WORDS OF JESUS " TODAY , YOU' LL BE HOME WITH ME .

FROM THE DARKNESS OF THE NOON TIME , AS HE DIED UPON CROSS , TO THE

EARTH THAT SHOOK AND TREMBLED IN RESPONSE TO SUCH A LOSS . FROM THE

CHEERING CRIES OF SOLIDERS , AS THEY TOOK HIS BODY DOWN , TO THE CARING

HANDS OF JOSEPH A FOLLOWER NEW IN TOWN .

FROM THE TOMB WHERE HE WAS LAID TO REST IN LINEN CLOTH OF WHITE , TO THE

GUARDS WHO HAD TO STAND CLOSE BY THROUGHOUT BOTH DAY AND NIGHT ..

FROM THE STONE THAT BLOCKED THE ENTRANCE AS IT GENTLY ROLLED AWAY , TO

THE MIRACLE THAT HAPPEND ON THAT THIRD AND FINAL DAY . FROM THE BAFFLED

FACE OF MARY WHEN SHE FOUND AN EMPTY TOMB , FROM THE FRIGHTENED LOOK

OF MARY AS SHE SWIFTLY LEFT THAT PLACE . TO THE LIGHT THAT FOLLOWED FROM

JESUS , FROM THE DOUBTS OF HIS DISCIPLES , WHEN HE SPOKE OF HIS RESURRECTION

TO THE FEAR UPON THEIR FACES . AS THEY WALKED IN THEIR DIRECTION . FROM THE

WRITTEN WORD OF SCRIPTURE , THAT WAS TOLD IN PROPHECY , TO THE ELEVEN WHO

GATHERED ON A HILL IN GALILEE . FROM THE WORDS THAT HAD BEEN SPOKE , BEFORE ,

BEFORE HE WENT AWAY , TO HIS ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN WHERE HE LIVES THIS VERY

DAY . FROM THE BIBLE ON THE MANTAL , TIS THE WORDS YOU NEED TO HEED . TO FIND

WISDOM IN ITS PAGES AND A LIGHT TO SOW A SEED . FROM THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE ONE WE HOLD SO,DEAR TO THE COMING OF HIS SPIRIT .
NOW THAT EASTER TIME IS HERE . FROM THE COLORED EGGS & CANDY , AN ORCHIRD TRIMMED IN BLUE , TO THE TRUTH FOUND THERE IN SCRIPTURE CHRIST JESUS DIED
YOU .

[ELAINE]

I hope you all would read how JESUS died for you and me .

[Marilyn Traver]

AWESOMELY BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU DEAREST ELAINE. AGAPE'

[ELAINE]

GLAD YOU LIKE , THANK YOU , BLESSINGS .

[alpana]

Beautiful words to remind us Elaine...lest we forget.
Thanks...Elaine

[ELAINE]

AHHH , THANK YOU ALPANA , YES, THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL WORDS

AND YOU ARE CORRECT , IT IS A GOOD REMINDER WHAT EASTER

IS ALL ABOUT , BESIDES RABBITS , JEELY BEANS , ETC . THANK

YOU MUCH VERY KIND OF YOU , HUGSSS

[MARGARIDA MARIA MADRUGA]