Well, today is Resurrection Day! We who believe celebrate the Resurrection of our Saviour after the GREATEST DEFEAT in history, the Lord Jesus' death on the cross (*BTW Easter varies its date because it is celebrated at the time of the Passover, based on the Jewish Jewish calendar (explanation here).
Then it truly looked to the followers of the LORD Jesus that Satan had won and their Saviour, the One Who they thought would rescue them Roman rule, was dead on the cruel cross.
But to God - a GREATER PICTURE was in view... as I am a Christian, and a crafter I wanted my card to reflect this "GREATER PICTURE".
Looking through my verses I thought the one we most often quote in trials Romans 8:28, was surely it!
If ever a time in History the our wise God worked ALL things together for Good, it was at the Resurrection. Satan's victory was utterly defeated, he no longer had power over death, and we had the promise of eternal life by simple childlike faith in Jesus as our Saviour for our sins.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.
Curiously I've done this card twice in last 24hrs. I'll show the first one at the end, I realised my mistake after I did it. A Resurrection Card needed to reflect the colours of the glory of that Resurrection morning, when Jesus rose again in Victory.
This Hymn "Christ Arose!" (link here if not available below) Truly this reflects that victory Christ has wrought. After all if there is no resurrection then the whole of Christianity is in vain as Paul put it himself realized this when he wrote:
1 Corinthians 15:14-16
" And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:"
Yet God is true, His Word is true and to be trusted. Praise God, Jesus is indeed risen as He said.
Praying much that all everywhere would see the truth, see Jesus and His gift of salvation and a heavenly home.
For there is a heaven to gain and a hell to shun.
Hell
is the punishment for our sin's curse.
Jesus spoke 4 x more on hell than Heaven His Home because He loves us so much and wants no one to go there.
I am forever grateful I saw this
at 12 years old, and trusted in Jesus as my Saviour from sin!
How I rejoiced with great joy on that day I was saved.
Well, as promised this is the first card done with this verse in the same Elements inks as the card on Good Friday post. Pretty but not right for Resurrection 🌄Morn (nor perhaps for poppies I also thought). The stamps are from Lavinia.
Now for my traditional Aussie photos
Firstly two from garden and two beach photos for those who need their sea fix. 😄 First in the courtyard garden we have a red anthirium, and below that miniature bicolour snapdragons.
Thanks so very much popping over on this the happiest day of the year, and thank you too if you are able to comment, it's much appreciated. Also there is a very different post over on my Christian blog for Resurrection Sunday today, and I'd love you to visit it - see HERE
May God bless you wherever you maybe,
Prayer hugs, 🙏🏻🤗
Shaz in Oz.x
Linking up to the following Challenges:
1.Allsorts Challenge blog- Springtime or Anything goes. My cards both fit Springtime perfectly, but linking no 1 card. I've used Lavinia stamps Buttercups, Poppies, Butterfly and Ferns, and DI inks.
It seems it doesn't take long for it to be Easter once we've passed Christmas! And today we celebrate Good Friday and we are looking simply at why today is truly Good in this post.
Joni
Tada Eareckson shared the following video. In it she shares that
the LORD Jesus in the gospels spoke four times more about hell than heaven -
heaven is Jesus' wonderful home that He wants us all to have... and
hell is to be shunned!
He knew all too well the horrors of it and He wants no-one to go there.
So much so that He suffered and died on the cross on the first Good Friday for our
sins. It was love, His love for us that kept Him on the cross,
suffering the agony of death for us. The greatest agony was being
separated from His Heavenly Father when He bore our sins, when Jesus
cried, "My God, My God Why has Thou forsaken Me?". And greatest blessing to us was when He cried, "It is finished!", and "He gave up the ghost." Then Salvation's work was truly done, finished. We cannot do anything else to gain it. We can never earn heaven by what we do. If we could, there would be no point to Jesus dying on the cross. I think this verse on this card explains it.
Isaiah 12:2
... "God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvation." Truly salvation bought on the first Good Friday with His cry, "It is finished." Yet foretold years before in books of prophecy like Isaiah.
Now sharing some Aussie photos. As we look let us remember Christ is not only Saviour and King, but our Creator as well.
Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Well, thanks so much for popping over for a peek and a chat, I pray for God's blessing on you, wherever you maybe. You might also like to pop over to my Christian blog post, too, here. It's totally different.
Shaz in Oz.x
Linking up the card with the following Challenges:
1.Allsorts Challenge blog- Springtime or Anything goes. My card fits Springtime perfectly . I've used Lavinia stamps Meadow grass, Buttercups, Poppies and Ferns. The bird stamp is a stampcapes and stamp verse is Our Daily Bread set 1. Disc.
