BLESSINGS OF THE CROSS - DAY 18
Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will
be with me in paradise.” LUKE 2 3 : 4 3 ( N I V )
Even in the blackness of hate and evil swirling
around the cross, the love of God broke through like the
rays of the sun on a stormy day. That love shone down
on the two thieves crucified on each side of Jesus. Their
agony and fury boiled over and spewed out in a venom of
curses and taunts.
But one of the thieves grew quieter and quieter, until
finally he rebuked his partner in crime, “We are punished
justly, . . . but this man has done nothing wrong.” And
then, in one of the most moving conversion scenes in
human history, the thief turned his face toward Jesus and
pleaded in humble faith, “Jesus, remember me when you
come into your kingdom.” And Jesus turned his face
toward the thief and promised, “I tell you the truth,
today you will be with me in paradise.” In the twinkling
of an eye, that thief changed his eternal destiny; he passed
from death to life.
A N N E G R A H A M L O T Z
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