Inspired

Every Good Friday
our community has an ecumenical service.
It involves all the churches in our village and surrounding area.
They take turns hosting the service.
This year it was held at Altamont Reformed Church.

Today was Glorious.
 ~

I n s p i r e d,

We walked

...to where we worshiped a Shepherd...

 ~ A Good Shepherd ~

Who laid down his life

for his lambs.

After singing,
Psalm 22 was read.
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Years ago,
Rev. Luidens explained that it was customary
for the beginning words of a psalm to be spoken aloud,
then the rest to be remembered silently.
His lesson that day was a gift of teaching I will always remember.
Please read all of Psalm 22.

It will amaze you.

Whereas most of the time only the first sentence,
that dreadful question,
is heard on Good Friday...
why is it that we rarely hear about the rest?

It proclaims the fulfillment of His purpose.

". . . Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord,
and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn,
saying that

he has done it."

After the service,

we carried the beams.

Ev told stories of

f o r g i v e n e s s

and

r e j e c t i o n.

The beams of the crosses were originally roof rafters
from a pioneer home in our area.
During renovation, these beams were rejected.
Ev saw them along the road and knew they still had purpose.

For over twenty years, 

they have been used for Good Friday...

and are carried to St. John's Lutheran Church, where they remain standing for several days after Easter.

I  will  never  stop  loving
Y O U

~Easter Blessings to you and yours~

love,

and Chris

Thank You Dianne @

{Everything Else Thrown In}
for inspiring me to post about two of my local churches.
Dianne creates amazing posts that take her readers
on

beautiful visits to churches.

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