Pieces of Jesus

My husband and I were putting a wooden puzzle of Christ with a lamb in His arms together, but then it was study time. As I was saying my prayer before my study my mind went to the puzzle and how we were looking for pieces of Christ to create this picture. Shouldn't we do the same? Look for certain attributes of Jesus Christ and apply it to our lives and live it? Yes and we can! The cool thing about these puzzles is depending on what the end picture looks like, they have shapes in the pieces to match the theme. For this picture, it's an Easter one, so it has bunnies, eggs, presents, lambs, and it even spells the word Easter where His face is all the way across. We wouldn't have anything if Jesus hadn't willingly sacrificed for each of us as if we were the only one that needed it. He thought of each one of us with love, as He suffered in the garden of gethsemane, as the roman's hurt Him, as He carried our cross to Golgatha, as they nailed Him to the cross He had carried, and as He was dying He thought of all of us with love and compassion. When He rose from the grave after 3 days, He came again among certain of His disciples. Without Christ, I wouldn't be forgiven of my wrongs, to try again, and become the person I've become. I got "a new beginning" and so can you! He beckons ALL to come unto Him. He has His hand outstretched (to you) still. I testify that He lives, He atoned for all our sins, all our struggles, and all we will go through here on earth. He knows exactly how we feel as we go through the many parts of our lives. He is there for YOU! He loves YOU as if you were His only child and it is a lot of love we can not comprehend fully. I promise you that as you follow Him and imitate Him, He will do wonders with your life far above your imagination. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, Amen. 

Jessi H. 

My Egypt

We're in Numbers in "Come, Follow Me." The Israelites are, again, complaining that all they eat is manna. They look backwards to their time in Egypt. "We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely." (Numbers 11:5) "I don't want manna anymore, I want flesh" and they go to Moses and cry to him. It becomes too much and he goes to the Lord. They forget the hardship they went through of being slaves, having their children thrown into the river because Pharaoh was afraid of their numbers becoming too much. They cried to the Lord for relief. "Help us out of our situation." Now they're saying "It wasn't too bad there." How many times do we do that? 

I begged for deliverance from my Egypt last night, and today I see another of my Egypts thinking "It wasn't too bad." Instead of reminding myself of the pain and affliction I endured before turning myself away from it. I just turned away from it, but it's still in the back of my mind trying to come forward. I'm now giving it to the Lord, not looking back at it with lust but with truth. It caused mental, physical, and spiritual pain. I'm good with the "manna" the Lord has given me. Don't look back with lust, give it to the Lord and see the truth. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

~Jessi Hill