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December 6, 2012
Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
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Weekly Southern Comfort from the Radio: Mary’s Messy Miracle is Ours

This is Friday’s Southern Comfort. You can find a list of affiliates carrying All Things Southern weekly radio segments at the website.

 

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    Holy Saturday Matthew 27:62–66, Luke 23:55–56 Holy Saturday
Matthew 27:62–66, Luke 23:55–56

Holy Saturday, the day earth held its breath.

Jesus lay in the tomb during the Sabbath—from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Just as God the Father rested on the seventh day after creation, Jesus the Son rested after completing the work of redemption. “It is finished was a declaration” — and an open invitation for all who believe to rest in Jesus’ saving work. 

But Jesus enemies could not rest. 

The same leaders who had accused Him of breaking the Sabbath now spent their Sabbath scheming. They sealed the tomb and posted guards, determined to secure their victory. But rest is not found in control, power, or winning. It is found in Christ alone. And Christ offers it freely.

“Come to Me,” He says, “all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

So the tomb was sealed. Guards were posted. It was final. Until it wasn’t. What they failed to understand was that no one needed to get in to the tomb. Resurrection would be an inside job.

Heaven was not anxious in the waiting. God was not scrambling. The work was complete, and the promise was sure. Holy Saturday reminds us that even when God seems still, He is not absent. Even when all feels quiet, He is not finished.

So today, we rest. We trust. And we wait—for we know what’s coming.
    Mark 14:32–15:47 We step reverently into the Pa Mark 14:32–15:47

We step reverently into the Passion of Jesus today—conscious that the word passion itself means to suffer.

It begins in the garden of Gethsemane. Jesus, fully aware of what lies ahead, falls before His Father in deep anguish. He asks if there is any other way—but then He yields, choosing His Father’s will over His own. Oh, let us learn the lesson here. Honest prayer and complete surrender offered together. 

From there, everything moves quickly.

Judas arrives and betrays Him with a kiss.
The disciples scatter.
Jesus is arrested, mocked, beaten, and condemned in a sham trial for telling the truth about who He is—the Son of God.

By morning, He stands before Pilate, then Herod, and back again to Pilate. Though declared innocent, He is handed over to be crucified. He is flogged, humiliated, crowned with thorns, and forced to carry His cross to Golgotha.

And there, for hours, the Son of God hangs between heaven and earth.

At three in the afternoon, Jesus cries out and breathes His last. The temple curtain is torn in two—signaling that access to God is now open. Where we were lost, alone, and without hope, through the blood of His perfect sacrifice, those who believe and trust Him are forever forgiven, accepted, and brought near. All hail King Jesus! 

Good Friday reminds us of God’s promise. No where does He tell us that suffering won’t come—but over and again He assures us that He will sustain us through it. 

At the Cross, we see both the weight of sin and the depth of our God’s love.

Some who witnessed it hated Him.
Others loved Him.
And some observed it all, unmoved.

The Cross continues to demand a response from each of us, today. What is yours? 

Hugs,
Shellie 
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    Maundy Thursday John 13:1–17 Maundy Thursday ta Maundy Thursday
John 13:1–17

Maundy Thursday takes its name from the word mandate—the new command Jesus gave His followers: love one another as He has loved us. Jesus didn’t just give the commandment, He lived it.

On the night of the Last Supper, Jesus knew exactly who He was, where He had come from, and where He was going. Fully aware that the Cross was just hours away, He chose not to grasp for position and take the lowest place in the room instead. He wrapped a towel around Himself and washed His disciples’ feet.

In that culture, foot washing was reserved for the lowest servant. But Jesus, secure in His identity, had nothing to prove. He showed us that in His kingdom, the way up is down. Love looks like humility and service.

Peter resisted at first, uncomfortable with the Messiah stooping so low. But Jesus made it clear—if we refuse His ongoing cleansing, we have no part in Him. And while we don’t need to be saved again and again— we can’t be saved again and again—we do need continual cleansing to walk in a broken world.

That cleansing comes as we stay close to Him—walking in His light and being shaped by His Word.

So on this Maundy Thursday, let’s do more than remember what Jesus said. Let’s follow the life He demonstrated.

Let’s love humbly.
Serve willingly.
And stay near the One who makes us clean and keeps us clean.

Dear Lord, even with death staring You in the face, you looked away from Yourself and demonstrated humility. Help me learn of You. I want to soak in and be cleansed by your Word and in your fellowship, that I might think of other people’s needs before my own and serve You well today and forever. Amen
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