Eternally Grateful

The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson’s deeply moving depiction of Jesus’ trials and crucifixion, premiered in 2004.  Never before or since has a film so graphically portrayed the suffering of the days leading up to Christ’s sacrifice as well as His agony on the cross. Gibson personally invested millions of dollars in the movie and directed it.  Mel Gibson’s face never appears on screen, but he does make a very strategic cameo when his hand holds the nail driven into Jesus’ hand on the cross. 

Gibson’s point was clear: He understood that Jesus died for his sins. 

Jesus died for my sins, and yours as well.

I remind myself of this everyday. 

The sacrifice of Christ is what took me from wallowing in sin to walking with the Savior. Jesus is now the light and strength of my life. For that, I am eternally grateful.

And so, I commemorate the holiness of Good Friday with you, and look forward to celebrating the hope, strength, light, and salvation we have in our Risen Lord this Easter Sunday.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?  Psalm 27:1

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