Good Friday. . . And Resurrection

But He was wounded for our transgressions;

He was bruised for our iniquities

Upon Him was the chastisement that made us whole,

And with His stripes we are healed.

(The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 53, verse 5)

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(edit Easter Sunday morning, April 24)

The rest of the story -

"Death is swallowed up in victory."
"Where, O death, is your victory?
O death, where is you sting?"     (I Corinthians 15:54-55)


". . . he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus
and bring us with you into His presence."  (II Corinthians 4:14)

I wish a very happy and blessed Easter - the Feast of the Resurrection - to all my friends.

(Here is last year's Easter post, if anyone is interested;
and here are three more, from my old blog.)

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(The photo is one I took myself at Cross In the Woods, up north at Indian River, MI.  The cool 'cloud/halo effect' is completely serendipitous, as the sun, which was very bright against a richly blue sky that day, was just outside the frame of the photo.  In my efforts to get a good angle on the crucifix (I wanted Jesus to be more-or-less 'looking down at' the viewer), while keeping the sun out of the picture, I got a reflection inside the camera, and the effect was simply golden. . .)