Bradley W. Alexander

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. -Hebrews 12:2

Through Jesus’ life he faced as much temptation as we face and conquered it, now he was fully God and fully man, which is naturally difficult to understand, all the same Jesus faced the temptations that we face. In the wilderness Jesus by the prospect of power, influence, money, and worldly love. Things that as humans we are naturally tempted by, but what inherent value do all those things have? None. Money only has the value that we give. Its just a piece of paper. No value whatsoever. So, then how do we see ourselves as valuable. 
It’s simple really. 
In the beginning God created us in his image, the image of love, and then to even sweeter the pot even more he came and lived among us and then willingly submitted himself to worst death anyone could face in that time. That is where we find our value. God gives us value by love and grace and truth. There is nothing the world can provide that will come even close to comparing with that kind of value.  
So, i guess ill end with the same way I began with this post. 

“Fix your eyes on Jesus.” 

Cause that is where true value in yourself is found. 

I love Easter Weekend. I really really do because I feel so inspired to be a child of the king! As I went to church tonight and listened to the songs and what our pastors said I was really overwhelmed by what God taught me tonight.
“Are we defined by sin or grace?”
God saw the brokenness and suffering of his people and….Easter happened. It is not just mere happenstance, there is a purpose for Easter. Because of Easter everything has changed. Everyday is a new day, our old selves are no more and we transform into our new selves, the things we did before dont fit with what we do now, we have nothing to fear, no failure or any amount of mistakes can take away what Easter does for us. It defines us for who we are…grace.
Do you realize how significant this really is? God changed everything with this one defining moment. This is so big that we dont even have to fear death anymore because Jesus conquered it! My Savior took my sins and placed them on his shoulders and willingly got crucified and died so that I may be forgiven and set right in the sight of God. It is by his grace that we are given this. Nothing else. Everything changed.
In One Defining Moment.

I was wondering today what it would have been like to have been a disciple of Jesus the day after he was crucified….you know, like to have known this amazing being and seen the amazing things that he did and felt the true love of God in your being everyday and then he’s gone just like that.
Wow, what that must have been like really speaks to my heart today. I just wonder, and i feel much closer to the disciples, because they lost a friend or so they thought. Here’s to tomorrow when the SON SHALL RISE