“God Hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else.” ~ Amy Carmichael
When the Cross was the attraction….Today I am happy to have my sister-in-law, Sue Elkins, sharing with us! Sue is a mother of four, a grandmother of three, a long time Broker/Associate with Re/Max Realty Professionals, and was a pastor’s wife for many years. She and her husband, Dexter, are still very active in their church, aptly teaching, ministering and being helpers as the Bible calls us to be. She keeps the highways busy traveling to see her grandbabies as often as she can. God gave this to her this week and I know it will bless you as it has me. You can read her other guest posts, Still I Will Trust You, Go, Surprise Jesus and Who was Hur, by clicking on the titles!
My God Is Awesome, Every Praise, I Won’t Go Back, Break Every Chain….the list of new songs is unending and inspiring. But an old one from the past really touched my heart during altar call a few nights ago.
Move me with Your message once again
It’s been so long since I have broke within
Take me back once more to Calvary
Where one more time, Your message moves me.
I have heard this song many times, but not for years, and this night it was speaking to me in a different way.
So often, when a song like this is sung, we tend to be moved by shortcomings, problems, failures or needs within our lives. There is nothing wrong with that and Jesus understands those times, but this time my spirit was broken for a different reason.
Luke 23:33. “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him.”
The phrase “take me back once more to Calvary” just kept flowing over and over in my mind.
Back to Calvary….
Where I first met You, Jesus, where I first realized what You had done for me. I still remember those first feelings of sadness when I realized that Jesus had given His life for me! The complete THANKFULNESS I felt that Jesus loved me so much that He would die for me. The humbleness that overwhelmed my soul that He loved me even before I knew and loved Him.
With Calvary as a vision before me, as the song says, I should be broken for Your sacrifice. Lord. I should be broken because of how much I love You, Lord. I should be broken because You gave me newness of life here and life eternal over there. My problems, my shortcomings, my failures or needs will be met if I keep going back to Calvary and the message it brings to all of us….
Christ is our Redeemer.
How long has it been since I bowed more than just my knees, but really bowed my spirit to remember Calvary and what it brought to me? As the words came flooding back into my mind, I was reminded that the message of Jesus and the cost of that message still needs to break us from time to time. It is so easy with all the things that are going on around us to become overwhelmed and broken by the problems that face us. But the message….the message that Jesus loves us, that He is the Provider, the Healer, the Counselor, the Deliverer, the Savior, the One True God, that came, died and was resurrected for us….that message can never be forgotten! Because, if we forget that message, then we may forget to pass it on to others who need to hear it. It needs to still move us, move us to be broken and thankful that we know Him and have the privilege of walking with Him.
Oh, Lord, let me not forget to let your message move me once again!
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