unashamed – Intuition Diaries

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes . . .

(Romans 1:16a)

Today, we wait with a certainty that the disciples did not have. They didn’t know what the outcome of the cross was going to be, but we know that Friday was good and Saturday was holy and Sunday would be a day of rejoicing for them soon enough.

I thought I’d link with some women who I admire, who wait with expectant hope for the return of Christ and cling tenaciously to the hope of His goodness being experienced here and now, while we wait. (Click on each woman’s name to read of their unabashed and unrestrained belief in Jesus!) A little soul feast!

Jeanie Kelley wishes us a Happy Good Friday.

Kelly Greer invites us to witness a miracle!

Dawn Paoletta sustains us with a poem.

Jody Lee Collins gives us a glimpse into Peter’s heart. (And our own.)

If they had wanted to, they could have gone back to the good things of this world. But they didn’t want to. They were living for heaven. And now God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has made a heavenly city for them. (Hebrews 11:15-16 The Living Bible)

Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway. We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice. But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him. (Romans 5:6-8 The Message)