the REASON to live

Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014 (5:44 a.m.)

Hallelujah Jesus!

Thank You! Thank You for Your life. Thank You for Your death. Thank You for Your rising up from the grave. Thank You for Your obedience. Thank You for Your teachings. Thank You that You came for the sheer purpose of saving all who are lost and willing to come to You.

Thank You that exactly at 3:00 a.m. I was singing ♫Where You There when they crucified my Lord?♫ And now I am getting to continue ♫Where you there when He rose up from the dead?♫

Thank You that in this verse instead of singing that the sadness of it all ♫causes me to tremble♫ I get to share in the rejoicing. ♫Sometimes I feel like shouting glory, glory, glory♫

Yes Jesus! Glory to You in the highest. Thank You for all You have done in the past and are currently doing in each of our lives that causes us to joyfully sing out ♫Jesus Christ is risen today Alleluia♫ Oh yes. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Here's something new to me. And completely unexpected. While thumbing through The Hymnal for Worship & Celebration I came across this very short, three lined composition. Found right there between ♫Jesus Paid It All♫ and ♫Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed?♫

I actually read the words first. And just now noticed ♫We Are the Reason♫ as the title. ♫We are the reason that He gave His life, We are the reason that He suffered and died. To a world that was lost He gave all He could give, to show us the reason to live♫

There are not words enough in all the languages to adequately thank You.

(6:27 a.m.) Oh stab! Heart piercing stab! Turning in Your Word while acknowledging my own inadequacy as the sun crested the mountains to our east. Precisely centered in the window from which I happened to glance. Talk about the perfect Easter Sunrise Service! Thank You Jesus.

And now, back to the verse of which I searched. Romans 5:8. Found under the heading Faith Brings Joy. I'm noticing that a lot lately. Thank You!

Recorded here in The Voice, “But think about this: while we were wasting our lives in sin, God revealed His powerful love to us in a tangible display the Anointed One died for us.”

Oh amen! ♫He gave all He could give, to show us the reason to live♫ Yes please! Continue Your mighty work in showing me the reason to live.

Thank You Jesus. You indeed are risen this day! Let me use this Truth to Your good and to Your glory. I love You. Thank You. Amen.

(444 words ~ 6:44 a.m.)