Good morning

[vernon rutland]

Well it was great to see evryone last night. Glad we all could make it. I know I am very thankful for our group. I always look forward to getting together with our group and it also good to know that we are  all doing life together and that we are not in this alone. Thank you all for what you do for me. I hope each of you and you families a have a wonderful Easter weekend and look forward to seeing you all soon. Below is something that was sent to me. I know I sometimes need a reminder of just what Jesus did for each of us.         At the age of 33,  Jesus was condemned to the death penalty.     At the time  crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst  criminals condemned to be crucified. Yet it was  even  more dreadful for Jesus, unlike  other criminals condemned to death by  crucifixion Jesus was to be nailed to the  cross by His hands and feet.     Each nail  was 6 to 8 inches long.      The nails  were driven into His wrist.  Not  into His palms as is commonly  portrayed. There's a tendon in the wrist that  extends to the shoulder.  The Roman guards knew  that when the nails were being hammered into the  wrist that tendon would tare and  brake, forcing Jesus to use His back  muscles to support himself so that He could  breath.        Both of His feet  were nailed together.  Thus He was forced to  support Himself on the single nail that  impaled His feet to the cross.  Jesus could  not support himself with His legs because of the pain  so He was forced to alternate between arching His  back then using his legs just to continue to  breath.  Imagine the struggle, the pain, the  suffering, the courage.    Jesus endured this  reality for over 3 hours.      Yes,  over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of  suffering?  A few minutes before He died,  Jesus stopped bleeding. He was simply pouring water  from his wounds.      From common images  we see wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound  to His side...  But do we realize His wounds  were actually made in his body.  A hammer  driving large nails through the wrist, the feet overlapped  and an even large nail hammered through the arches, then a  Roman guard piercing His side with a spear.   But  before the nails and the spear Jesus was whipped and  beaten.  The whipping was so severe that it tore the  flesh from His body.  The beating so horrific that His  face was torn and his beard ripped from His face.  The  crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp.  Most men  would not have survived this torture.      He had no more blood  to bleed out, only water poured from His  wounds. The  human adult body contains about 3.5 liters  (just less than a gallon) of blood.       Jesus poured all 3.5  liters of his blood; He had three nails hammered into His  members; a crown of  thorns on His head and, beyond  that, a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His  chest..     All these without  mentioning the humiliation He passed after carrying His own  cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his  face and threw stones (the cross was almost 30 kg of weight,  only for its higher part, where His hands were  nailed).   Jesus had  to endure this experience, so that you can have free  access to God.  Have a Great Day!!!!!!     Vernon Rutland 864-449-0794 vbru...@yahoo.com

[Deb Ponder]

Thanks Vernon.

 

(Got the picture of the loveseat. I’m interested. Ask Angie what’s the best time to come look at it tomorrow.)

Debra

 

 

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