Egg Hunt

Yesterday with SMCA we did a little egg hunt with the kiddos! They were moving so fast that I wasn't able to get many good pictures. Sorry about that. It was a lot of fun though!

Since today is Good Friday, I want to take a minute to share a passage from a study that I did recently.

"Faith is opening our eyes to what God has done, is doing, and will do. It is seeing what God is like... The cross points to God renewing the whole work, making everything right. It tells us that through Jesus' death on the cross, we are now holy and blameless. Because this is true of us at this very moment, we can look honestly at our lives without fear of punishment, rejection, failure, or despair. Furthermore, the more we learn about the Gospel the more we will learn about ourselves. But to whatever extent we are walking in pride, unbelief, and self-reliance, we will suffer tunnel vision, and the benefits of the Gospel will grow dim and distant to us. conversely, as we grow in knowledge of the Gospel and of Jesus, we grow in a true knowledge or ourselves.

We must look at our lives through the cross, never the other way around. The cross always covers our sins and gives us the foundation for honestly looking at ourselves. Again, humility and repentant faith, or pride and unbelief, affect our ability to see both the cross and our hearts. In addition, we are to view the good things we do through the lens of the cross. The cross undermines any boasting on our part, for through it we recognize that everything we have has been given to us."

(Gospel Transformation, Dr. Neil H. Williams)