Holy Lord,
In your blood, we are washed clean.
You are a God who is willing to forgive, and you were willing to pay the massive cost necessary in order to make it possible for us to escape the fate to which we were bound by our sin. We had boxed ourselves in, to the point where we were hopeless and doomed, and yet into that darkness you chose to shine a light in the person of Jesus Christ, and that light shone so brightly that many were afraid. They turned from Christ in fear of how he changed what had once been comfortable, and yet you continued to love, you continued to press forward in grace to reach the goal of liberating us from sin. In life he demonstrated your power through his service, and he did the same in death, submitting to the power of sin and death so that he might break their power over us. In his resurrection we see clearly just how powerful you are.
Lord, throughout this day that is before us, let us remember with gratitude the joy of the resurrection and the pain of the cross, and how both demonstrate clearly how far you are willing to go to redeem us, to buy us back, from the hands of sin. We who were prisoners are free because of your great love, and may this cause rejoicing to sound from the core of our beings as we endeavor to live out of gratitude.
Amen
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