Good Friday

This is an appropriate devotional thought for this Good Friday, that touched my heart from Michael Card.

He Shed His Blood So I Can Be White As Snow
"'Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.' Hebrews 13:12

The love of Jesus washed Golgotha in cardinal hues. Darkening to terracotta, and then to nearly black, His blood left a mark on thorns, iron, wood, and soil. And it stained the hands of His oppressors. But here is an enduring mystery of the cross: When you kneel there, the dark stains on your hands disappear. By the miracle of grace, the blood of Christ cleanses you completely. “The blood of Jesus…purifies us from all sin,” wrote John (I John 1:7).
According to Revelation, the miracle of Jesus’ blood will be one of the grand hymns of eternity: 'You are worthy…because you were slain,and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.' (Revelation 5:9) Even in heaven, Jesus will appear 'dressed in a robe dipped in blood' (Revelation 19:13). But if you have let His blood stain you, you will be as white as snow.

Prayer
Jesus, You who bled and died for me,
Bring me now to the foot of Your cross.
Let me see Your wounds.
Let me hear the sound of Your blood
crying out to the Father…for me.
By Your grace give me to understand,
as much as I am able, that it was my sin
that brought such violence to You,
and Your love that allowed it.
I fall before You in thanksgiving for
the grace of cleansing through Your blood.
Praise You, my Savior!
Praise You for all Your have done!
Amen"