As I write this, it is Good Friday. Barb and I just finished taking communion. Just the two of us. Whether or not you plan to take a more formal communion in a church this weekend, I suggest that you, too, do it personally. It is so simple to do, yet can be so meaningful. All we did was took a piece of cracker. Then I prayed a short prayer in remembrance of His broken body that was beaten and killed to take the punishment for our sins. Then we took a small amount of juice and I prayed, remembering that the blood Jesus shed covers us in the Father’s eyes and makes us pure in his sight. Then Barb prayed a short prayer of thanks for all that He has done, and is continuing to do in our lives.

        Communion is normally considered a formal rite, but it was not meant to be that alone. I know of some couples and some individuals who do it daily. If you haven’t done it before, I urge you to do it this holy time; with your family, or just your spouse, or by yourself. I can honestly tell you that the most meaningful communions in my life have been taken by myself. Of course, Jesus showed up for them, too.

        On another thought, I know that most people in the world don’t believe Jesus actually arose from the dead. Many people who call themselves Christians don’t even believe in that miracle of all miracles. And many more just have a nagging doubt. You may understandably be one of those people. So secondly, I urge you to read or reread this weekend the short ten pages of Chapter Nineteen of Unlocking God’s Secrets. I truly believe it is the only definitive proof ever written of the resurrection. I can make that bold claim humbly knowing that I was not the true author of it. And astoundingly, it was written without using the Bible to prove itself. It is an extremely unique ten pages.

        If you don’t have the book, I urge you to click on “Purchase” to the left. If you are unfamiliar with the book, you can click on “Website Home” to the left and learn all about it. The discounted price is only $15.63, but if you feel you can not afford that, please write to me at morley120@juno.com, with your name and address, and I will be thrilled to purchase a copy for you and mail it to you free of charge. I love you with the love of Christ and want you to know the true facts. And even if you do already believe fully in Christ’s resurrection, please read those ten pages anyway. You may be face to face with a skeptic someday, and the information in those few pages could be used by you to save that person’s soul from eternal destruction. 1 Peter 3:15 instructs you to “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope you have.” Those ten pages can be that answer.

        Finally, let us all be amazed as we read the following words that were written about Jesus five hundred years before He was even born: 

He was despised and rejected by men;
   a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
   he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Surely he has borne our griefs
   and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
    smitten by God, and afflicted.

But he was wounded for our transgressions;
   he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    and with his stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray;
   we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
   the iniquity of us all. 

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
    yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
   and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
   so he opened not his mouth.        (Isaiah 53:3-7)