This is an excerpt from my journal when I visited Meteora, Greece this past summer.
"Yesterday, at the monastery, there was a mural...depicting the thief on the cross that believed in Christ. He was leading all the other saints into heaven. What an interesting depiction. 'For the first shall be last, and the last shall be first.' I remembered the the thief's prayer on the cross: 'Jesus, remember me, when You come into Your Kingdom.' There is an earnestness in that prayer that the criminal spoke. He was literally put to death for his sins, yet by looking to Christ, he received redemption and heaven itself. And that is the story of every Christian. That is amazing." 5/27/07 [11:40am]
How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measure,
That He would give His only Son,
And make a wretch His treasure.
About Me
- Redeemed
- Long my imprisoned spirit lay, Fast bound in sin and nature's night, Thine eye diffused a quickening ray, I woke, the dungeon flamed with light. My chains fell off, my heart was free. I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
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