First off, Happy Easter! Hooray! Jesus is Risen! Here is a little something I wrote on Good Friday about Lent...
Lent is quite possibly one of my favorite times of the year. It is so beautiful because we spend 40 days deeply uniting ourselves to Jesus Christ! Too often I only come to the Cross when I'm nailing Jesus to it, but this Lent it was my personal goal to come to the Cross daily in some sort of sacrifice. Not because I had to, but because I deeply wanted to.
Jesus gave His life for us. What an amazing gift that I know I can never top. As a missionary I hear A LOT of things on campus. Many people see Jesus' sacrifice as irrelevant, unimportant, or stupid. Many people think giving up something for Lent or not eating meat on Friday is pointless. I've even heard, "Well, it's not like I'm going to hell for eating meat on Friday." If you're wondering, yes, that statement is true, but that's also not what Lent is about. Lent is about wanting and desiring to become more like Jesus. To unite ourselves in His suffering to more fully understand the beauty of His sacrifice and to have new life in Him.
By Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross, we may have eternal Salvation....a new life with Jesus Christ! My life is so blessed and in many ways I feel spoiled! Here are some of my Lenten blessings:
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Lent is quite possibly one of my favorite times of the year. It is so beautiful because we spend 40 days deeply uniting ourselves to Jesus Christ! Too often I only come to the Cross when I'm nailing Jesus to it, but this Lent it was my personal goal to come to the Cross daily in some sort of sacrifice. Not because I had to, but because I deeply wanted to.
Jesus gave His life for us. What an amazing gift that I know I can never top. As a missionary I hear A LOT of things on campus. Many people see Jesus' sacrifice as irrelevant, unimportant, or stupid. Many people think giving up something for Lent or not eating meat on Friday is pointless. I've even heard, "Well, it's not like I'm going to hell for eating meat on Friday." If you're wondering, yes, that statement is true, but that's also not what Lent is about. Lent is about wanting and desiring to become more like Jesus. To unite ourselves in His suffering to more fully understand the beauty of His sacrifice and to have new life in Him.
By Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross, we may have eternal Salvation....a new life with Jesus Christ! My life is so blessed and in many ways I feel spoiled! Here are some of my Lenten blessings:
Maggie has been such a blessing with wedding stuff! She helped me make all of my wedding invitations! Love her!
Stephanie and I on campus!
We handed out Easter eggs with candy and information on Easter festivities!
I had a wedding shower in OK and NE!
Newman threw James and I a surprise wedding shower!
So blessed.
I've grown closer to this pretty lady... Annie brings me so much joy!
A baseball game with the team.
Prepping for the mega Bible study I led on our Mom, Mary. :)
Students at Newman!
James and I on Easter Sunday.
Newman has also gained over 5 new Student Missionaries this Lent! So amazing.
Easter brings new life and boy, do I feel like there's a lot of new things happening in mine. James and I will start our new life together on May 31st, only 43 days away! We also just found a place to live and I accepted a K-5 PE teaching job! So many changes this Lent (see what I mean about getting spoiled?!).
I pray you have the most grace filled Easter, Anna
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