THE DAILY BLUEPRINT 4/8/11 Turned Away Isaiah 53:3 (Jesus) He was despised, and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and aquatinted with grief: and we as it were hid our faces from Him, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not! What a hard verse to read - JESUS was despised - He was rejected - Beaten to an inch of His life and then placed on a wooden cross where He bled and died for you and me - for our sins - I think sometimes we hear that some much we don't give it a passing thought - well I think it's time we stare it in the face - this is a real event that really happened - not some man-made story - not a comic - but real - JESUS actually died for us - HE actually allowed the soldiers to take HIS life - HE had to give it over to them for them to do what they did - it's hard to think our sins sent JESUS to the cross - it's hard to believe our sins put HIM there - but oh they did - It was God's love for us that sent JESUS from Heaven to this earth! We must remember the pain - the grief - that our GOD was rejected - and despised - thrown away like a piece of meat - these are hard words to type but I feel lead to do so tonight - sometimes we need to slow down and remember - JESUS died for us - not for some faceless humility - but for you -and for me - JESUS died for you personally - He gave up HIS life for you - let's not separate what happened that Good Friday from ourselves - we were there - our sins were placed on JESUS and not only that - the perfect ONE of Heaven became sin- GOD the FATHER looked away and JESUS faced the fires of hell all alone - but HE forever set the record straight that we belong to HIM and that HIS love motivated this sacrifice - Thank YOU JESUS for taking our place - for dying for our sin - You did not deserve what you got and we didn't deserve what YOU did for us - but YOU love us - You showed us in the cross -thanks for saving that which was lost! WORD TO THE WISE: KNOWING JESUS DIED AND KNOWING HE DIED FOR YOU ARE FAR DIFFERENT THINGS! BECAUSE OF CHRIST OUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN - HIS BLOOD WAS POURED OUT! BUILDING ON THE WORD for 4/8/11 JESUS DIED SO WE COULD TRULY LIVE!