The Beautiful Exchange

Happy belated Easter!

This past Sunday at my church, Pastor Jimmy was speaking a sermon called "Beautiful Exchange". Hillsong fans hear that and immediately are drawn to the song by the same name (which we did btw and it was awesome. Just sayin...) anyways! He was laying out for everyone what the Beautiful Exchange really is. It's Jesus giving His life in exchange for our sin and creating this irrefutable pathway straight to God Himself.

And I think it's brilliant.

The whole entire story of Jesus is brilliant. Like it's insane how perfect a storyline it is! As a writer, I think about the entire Bible and I, for lack of a better word, envy how beautiful and perfect it is. The right people in all the right places making small decisions that snowballed and affected entire nations in the future leading to the birth of Christ. And the way He was born making Him the absolute perfect candidate to pay for the sins of humanity past, present and future!

As you can probably tell, my mind explodes.

But that was a bit of a rabbit trail. Let's get back on track to the Beautiful Exchange.

I was thinking about it and as I always do, I held it up making my life a backdrop to this Beautiful Exchange and cue instant humbling. Every brilliant thing in my life turns monochrome to Jesus' sacrifice and conviction sets in because I realize how focused on myself I am and have been. How could I complain about a single thing and think that God has gone silent on me when He has painted this brilliant picture that screams loud and clearly that our lives are meaningful because of Him. That He wouldn't have even bothered to write this novel of eternity if He didn't love and have faith in His characters.

I know I am fully humbled and inspired by this Beautiful Exchange and I hope you are as well! In the meantime, I will enjoy my week off and this splendid weather we've been having in Raleigh! Perfect reading & writing weather!
Or perfect watch-Netflix-outside weather? ;)

Till Next Time...