From Gethsemane to Calvary You had me on Your mind...

 My Dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...

I know You had me on Your mind when You prayed in anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane, that your sweat fell like drops of blood.. You knew You had to died in my place, carry all my sins, shame, may pain, my sickness, sorrow, my curse and everything else that was not right and good in me. You willingly chose to die for me so that  I can be totally free and have eternal life...

O how I love you Lord Jesus...

 Luke 22:44

And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Lord I know You had me on Your mind when You were flogged and O how painful it was and what a deep wound it caused and how much of blood You shed but still You bore it all without a word...for by those stripes You wanted to heal me....

John 19:1

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.

O how I love You Lord Jesus Christ my Savior...

Lord I know You had me on Your mind when they placed a crown of thorns on your head and pressed it hard ..O how it pierced through Your head and eye balls and blood oozed out..It hurt You so...badly but You didn't open Your mouth and complain..but bore it all for all evil thoughts and sights of mine....

O how I love You Yeshua my Lord...

Lord You had me on Your mind when You were mocked, spat on Your face and when they pulled Your beard and stripped you...for You wanted to bear all my shame and clothe me with Your righteousness...

O how I love you Jesus the Lover of my soul....

 Matthew 27: ²⁷ Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. ²⁸They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, ²⁹and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. ³⁰They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. ³¹After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him

Lord You had me on Your mind when You picked up the cross..O how heavy it was and it hurt Your bruised back..but still You bore it for You made up Your mind to carry my every burden...

O how I love You Lord Jesus my King...

John 19:17

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).

Lord I know You had me on Your mind when Your hands were nailed...and you bled, it hurt you so...bad but you wanted to bear the sinful works of my hands so that now my hands can be blessed to bless others and serve others...

how I love You Jesus/Yeshua my Shepherd...

Luke 23:33

When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him.

Lord You had me on Your mind when Your legs were nailed and You bled again, it was too much to bear but still You bore the pain for all the wrong places these feet led me..so that now every place I go is blessed...

O how I love You Yeshua my Guide...

And finally when a spear was pierced through Your side rupturing a portion of You heart and Your stomach and blood and water gushed out...you still had me on Your mind for Your heart was ruptured for the wickedness of my heart, so that today my heart is a place where where You live..and filled it with Your love and compassion...

O how I love you Jesus my Provider...

John 19:³⁴ Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.  

And even today as You sit at the Father's right hand you still have me on Your mind and keep watching over me...and interceding for me

O how I love you Jesus...

I bow before You my Lord...

I praise You my Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth...

You are my Savior....

O how I love you Lord...

You continue to work in me Lord and make me into a woman after your own heart.

Thank you for Your grace that saved a sinner like me.

Julia

Galatians 6:14

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Hi my dear brothers, sisters and friends,

Isn't it amazing to think Jesus Christ our Lord had each of us on His mind not just from Gethsemane to Calvary but from the beginning of creation?

He knew us even when we were in our mother's womb.

Be Blessed,

Hebrews 12:2

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

How to forgive?~ By Fr Varghese Thampan ~

~ How To Forgive ~

One day, a while back, a man, his heart heavy with grief, was walking in the woods

As he thought about his life this day, he knew many things were not right

He thought about those who had lied about him back when he had a job

His thoughts turned to those who had stolen his things and cheated him

He remembered family that had passed on

His mind turned to the illness he had that no one could cure

His very soul was filled with anger, resentment and frustration

Standing there this day, searching for answers he could not find, knowing all else had failed him, he knelt at the base of an old oak tree to seek the one he knew would always be there

And with tears in his eyes, he prayed:
"Lord, You have done wonderful things for me in this life
You have told me to do many things for you, and I happily obeyed

Today, you have told me to forgive
I am sad, Lord, because I cannot

I don't know how
It's not fair Lord

I didn't deserve these wrongs that were done against me and I shouldn't have to forgive

As perfect as your way is Lord, this one thing I cannot do, for I don't know how to forgive

My anger is so deep Lord, I fear I may not hear you, but I pray that you teach me to do this one thing I cannot do - Teach me to Forgive."
As he knelt there in the quiet shade of that old oak tree, he felt something fall onto his shoulder

He opened his eyes

Out of the corner of one eye, he saw something red on his shirt

He could not turn to see what it was because where the oak tree had been was a large square piece of wood in the ground

He raised his head and saw two feet held to the wood with a large spike through them

He raised his head more, and tears came to his eyes as he saw Jesus hanging on a cross

He saw spikes in His hands, a gash in His side, a torn and battered body, deep thorns sunk into His head

Finally he saw the suffering and pain on His precious face

As their eyes met, the man's tears turned to sobbing, and Jesus began to speak
"Have you ever told a lie?" He asked.
The man answered - "yes"

"Have you ever been given too much change and kept it?"
The man answered - "yes, Lord"

And the man sobbed more and more.
"Have you ever taken something from work that wasn't yours?" Jesus asked?
And the man answered - "yes""Have you ever sworn, using my Father's name in vain? "The man, crying now, answered - "yes, Lord "
As Jesus asked many more times, "Have you ever"? The man's crying became uncontrollable, for he could only answer - "yes, Lord"Then Jesus turned His head from one side to the other, and the man felt something fall on his other shoulder

He looked and saw that it was the blood of Jesus
When he looked back up, his eyes met those of Jesus, and there was a look of love the man had never seen or known before

Jesus said, "I didn't deserve this either, but I forgive you"It may be hard to see how you're going to get through something, but when you look back in life, you realize how true this statement is

Read the following line slowly and let it sink in

If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it !

~ By Fr Varghese Thampan ~

"Forgiveness Is The Key To Happiness"

~Forgiveness~ (Album)

As The Lord Jesus forgave us we are to forgive others.

But why do some people find it hard to forgive??

Let's forgive and Let Go!!

" Forgiveness does not change the past,
but it does enlarge the future."

" Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and handcuffs of hate. It is the power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness” (Corrie Ten Boon)

" Only the truly forgiven are truly forgiving." (C.S. Lewis)

" Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist." (Max Lucado)

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future."
" Forgiveness is freeing up and putting to better use the energy once consumed by holding grudges, harboring resentments, and nursing unhealed wounds. It is rediscovering the strengths we always had and relocating our limitless capacity to understand and accept other people and ourselves."
" Remember, forgiveness frees you. It recaptures the energy that you were giving away in sadness, anger, and revenge. Forgiveness also empowers you. It puts you back in charge of you. "

" When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free."

" The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing."

" Forgiveness means to pardon the unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all."

" Forgiveness offers tremendous personal blessing."

“ Forgiveness is not an emotion, it's a decision.”

" To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU."