He thought of US

As Easter comes closer this year, I would have to admit this is probably the first year I am really convicted by what Easter represences. I don't even know exactly how to put my words down on paper. How do I spell out how grateful I am for the sacrifice that Jesus made? How can any words describe the magnitude of that event?

Pastor Brad spoke this past Sunday about how Christ had each one of us on his mind in those last few days of his earthly life. After Jesus has predicted his own death and has begun to prepare for that... he was thinking of us. Matthew 20:29 tells of the two blind men who shouted out to Jesus asking for mercy as He and the disciples were leaving Jericho. Jesus, the man who knows that he is about to ridiculed, betrayed, mocked, denied and nailed to a cross for a very painful, public death... stops to ask these two outcasted blind men, "What do you want me to do for you?"  It says that "Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him." Jesus had performed many miracles by just speaking words or assigning tasks. But in these moments, when Jesus' heart is heavy with what He is being called to do... stops to physically lay his hands upon these men to heal their sight. He had God's people on his mind all the way to the cross.

He was thinking of me...