Good Friday

/ Morgan Grace Hart / Leave a comment

He laid in front of me, his chest partially uncovered. “Eat my flesh and drink my blood,” he said. And when I hesitated, He said, “don’t be afraid. It is a gift, one that was meant for you.” 

“Only,” he added, “please do so in gratitude. I suffered a great deal to give this to you.”

So I began to cut him apart. I desecrated Him, at His own request. I cut strips of flesh from hands that had healed, cut away flesh from the feet that had brought good news. “How lovely are the feet of those who bring good news, Isaiah had said….. I took and drank blood that didn’t belong to me, blood that had travelled through his heart, the blood that bore, over and over again, the fingerprint of His DNA. 

When it was time to cut his heart out, I hesitated. “Don’t you want something for the pain? Shouldn’t I drug you with some painkillers, or make you unconscious first?”

He placed his hand gently over mine, ignoring the rusted knife it held. He looked directly into my eyes. Even as His face showed exhaustion, pain, and blood loss, He smiled sweetly, and said, “what groom drugs himself before his own wedding?” 

And I cut His heart out. 

See:

Isaiah 52:7

And see: Matthew 27:33-34, when Jesus was offered something to ease His pain while being crucified, and refused to drink it. 

Yes, You Have to Talk to People

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This is a short entry. There’s no scriptural references, because you can open nearly any page of the Bible and find this. We NEED to socialize. You may get saved while you’re by yourself, but to really carry out Christ’s plan for your life, you have to at least ATTEMPT to connect with people. 

I’m so bad at this, I have literally been standing in front of a copy machine and blurted out “LUNCH?!”  

But as the expression goes, nothing ventured, nothing gained. It’s gotten me laughed at a few times, but it’s resulted in some very good friendships, and some chances to spread the Gospel. 

You HAVE to people.

KEEP THE FAITH

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I haven’t written in the longest time, and that’s a cryin’ shame. I have one message for you:

KEEP THE FAITH. 

I have been on the internet far too much and found it full of lies. KEEP THE FAITH, in a world that hourly twists the knife, that hourly tells you that:

  • You are being traumatized or victimized simply by having a body;
  • That one gender, race, or political party has ALL the answers and all the rest of humanity is lying;
  • That EVERYONE is out to get you;
  • That even the most benign behaviors in your neighbors are driven by secretly evil or racist/sexist/biased motives;
  • That propagating the human species is evil; that life itself is evil.

The amount of hate, evil,  lies, and unrest are at epic proportions today. Nobody’s even bothering to check facts anymore; if it’s stated, it’s accepted as truth, and that “truth” is propagated widely. 

There are things in this world that can convince you that HATE and DESPAIR are valid mindsets. There is a kind of mental gymnastics that will tell you that everything, no matter how awful or false, is true, fair, and good. The most monstrous people that have ever lived, felt their actions were justified. 

I don’t even know where I was going with this. But reject the lies, get out in the sunlight, keep the faith. 

Amen. 

  • Morgan Grace Hart