Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Yes! That completely sums up my walk with Christ. Yours too? It would not surprise me one bit. I heard a sermon just today by an 80ish old pastor who spoke on this very subject of borrowing. This 80 year old pastor raised me in church. He married me too. Reverend France A.. Davis of Salt Lake City, Utah. He is one of the good guys. One of the chosen few. Made of the best Alabama stock.
It might surprise you to know Jesus was buried in a borrowed tomb. Don't believe me.... look it up?! Jesus owned no tomb or burial place of his own-.Isaiah 53:9.Why was it borrowed? Because Jesus needed no permanent place in a dead state. We all know how this story ends. He rose again which allowed us to become new! We step out of our old selves and walk in a new light. Thing is, we did nothing to earn it, to deserve it, or even to be able to say we worked for it. No! It was entirely grace. Someone else paid the price for our transgressions. FYI, the cross too was borrowed. A temporary suffering for a lifetime of salvation....ours! How awesome is that?
Now finally, to something blue. In this we share. Jesus suffering and anguish. Our lifetime of penance for Adam and Eve's shenanigans. But you know, it is all good. In the end, everybody gets what they want. If we choose to, we will rejoin Jesus in the Kingdom and Jesus if he has so chosen us, he sees a just reward through us in the blood he shed.
Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Thank you Jesus!
It might surprise you to know Jesus was buried in a borrowed tomb. Don't believe me.... look it up?! Jesus owned no tomb or burial place of his own-.Isaiah 53:9.Why was it borrowed? Because Jesus needed no permanent place in a dead state. We all know how this story ends. He rose again which allowed us to become new! We step out of our old selves and walk in a new light. Thing is, we did nothing to earn it, to deserve it, or even to be able to say we worked for it. No! It was entirely grace. Someone else paid the price for our transgressions. FYI, the cross too was borrowed. A temporary suffering for a lifetime of salvation....ours! How awesome is that?
Now finally, to something blue. In this we share. Jesus suffering and anguish. Our lifetime of penance for Adam and Eve's shenanigans. But you know, it is all good. In the end, everybody gets what they want. If we choose to, we will rejoin Jesus in the Kingdom and Jesus if he has so chosen us, he sees a just reward through us in the blood he shed.
Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Thank you Jesus!
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