“O Lord, You took up my case; You redeemed my life.”
Lamentations 3:58
Dear Father,
New day, new hope, new life – Spring! This is the time of year that we celebrate our redemption. I always want to know more about what You did for me on the cross. I have read books and watched movies that try to depict the costly transaction You made for me. But this year You gave me a front row seat to a real life redemption story. Through an ever-unfolding drama I began to see a correlation to a hill far away where the ultimate price was paid for my freedom. Maybe You knew my blonde head needed hands-on learning so You led me through a classroom that involved more field trips than I ever wanted to go on. But go we did and now I understand redemption much better than before. What did I learn? That redemption is active and costly. It takes effort, time, and most of all it takes a heart that was involved in the process. You sent me to redeem one who was helpless and in danger. It was agonizing, lonely, and scary but I saw my Christ in every turn. I felt a smidgen of Your agony, felt a chill of the loneliness You faced, and a twinge of the insults and threats You endured on the day You paid my price. Nothing of my experience compares to what You did for me but it gave me a better understanding of the cost. I am so bowed down in my heart in thankfulness to You my Savior. I praise You for Calvary, I praise You that the stone was rolled away to show us Your power over the grave, I praise You for life! Thank You for leading me through the search and rescue of a tiny darling that needed saving, thank You for bringing a miracle out of that story. You rolled away a stone that threatened her freedom and You did it quickly and perfectly – only You could do that. It was a God thing if ever I saw one. And one day I will share this redemption story with my little lamb who once was endangered and I will also tell of a another Lamb who gave His all for her and I pray that Redemption story will lead her to bow the head and say “come into my heart Lord Jesus.” I quietly whisper „Amen.?
Love,
Penny
