Happy almost Resurrection Day! This is truly a time to be joyous as we reflect on the great goodness, love, kindness and mercy of God! He paid the highest price for your salvation. He spared no expense in redeeming you so that you could be his child by the new birth (you share his spiritual DNA). You are also his child in name (you are adopted into his family). He wanted to open up the treasuries of his heart and the kingdom of heaven to you so badly that He gave his one and only Son so that you can forever taste the joy of heaven .
Recently Father God has been encouraging me to gaze upon the breathtaking glory of his generous heart and the radiant light of the gospel. This gazing has caused me to be in a state of wonderment, like a child who expects little for Christmas but awakens to discover a living room full of shimmering presents circling a festively dressed tree.
There are so many more presents that we have yet to experience from the wooden cross at Calvary. There are so many gifts and blessings of grace that gushed from heaven like a waterfall after Jesus ascended from the grave and rose to sit at God’s right hand. This waterfall of blessing is so copious and powerful that I dare say we could not stand under the weight of its sweet, crashing waters all at once.
We will be in wonder at God’s grace for all of eternity as we worship Him in the next life. We will never run out of reasons to praise Him.
I wrote something of modern psalm of praise as I rejoiced in the Lord. I hope reading this psalm below will help elevate your soul to a place of jovial thanksgiving and faith!
This grace is supreme, this goodness unimaginable. The glories of the Gospel sometimes appear to me as a fictional tale…spun by heaven’s heart. Such celestial thoughts of light and love.
How could such a wealthy God conceive man in His heart and birth us with His words? “Let us create man in our own image.”
Such high and lofty promises of reconciliation and oceans of immense inheritance.
All things are yours in Christ? (1 Corinthians 3:21-22)
Seated with Christ in heavenly places? (Ephesians 2:6)
Accepted in the Beloved? (Ephesians 1:6)
Adopted heirs? (Romans 8:7)
Your words are crystallized honey my Father. Your Presence and this peace of having my sins all washed away is never ending joy. You say in your Word it was your good pleasure to present me blameless (above reproach) before You in love.
Man’s religion is a heap of ashes compared with your Gospel God.
As C.S Lewis so beautifully and succulently penned:
“If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak….We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
~I pray your soul is refreshed by my thoughtful reflections of staring into this glorious, everlasting grace that has so liberally and lavishly been supplied for us all! May you find yourself in a state of supreme joy and spiritual bliss as Resurrection Sunday dawns not only in your church service but in your soul like a eternal sunrise. May you experience all the good things Jesus died and rose again for you to have. May your fellowship with our Father be freed to reach new heights of peace and closeness. May the wings of your soul taste the sweet expanse of heaven’s skies and may you never land.
His joy is for you!
His life is for you!
His love is for you!
Blessings and love,
your sister in Christ Ashley
~For more faith-encouraging words like this, check out my book, Visions of Celestial Love on amazon by clicking here:
“Ashley Thompson’s book, Visions of Celestial Love is just that; a visionary work of epic proportions. It is glimpses into a loving and remarkable relationship with the creator of the universe.
You are invited to Dive into stories of love and compassion, healing and provision, loss and recovery, profound grace and faith. Ashley draws us in with her descriptive prose and unique style of writing.
There are so many stories to relate to in this book and I’m sure you will find your own story among the many that are told here. So, find your favorite spot, your favorite beverage, and curl up with “Visions of Celestial Love”! -Amazon Reviewer