The Sight of Blood

 

I recall a friend in my youth who was considering becoming a nurse as her vocation.     So, she decided to become a volunteer at our local hospital in a program they called “candy stripers”.   The name came from the fact that all the young ladies who served as hospital volunteers wore outfits that had stripes on them that ressembled the stripes on a candy cane.  When the school year began again I asked my friend whether she was still hoping to become a nurse.   She proceeded to tell me that her vocation plans had changed as her experience in the hospital emergency room taught her that she might seek a different vocation as she did not like the sight of blood.

There are a lot of folks that are like my candy striper friend who did  not like the sight of blood.    To avoid the sight, they turn their heads when medical staff are drawing blood at the doctors office or they turn the channel when they see blood on one of those medical shows.    In this week, Christians become face to face with the sight of blood as go through thee days of Holy Week and consider the Biblical truth that “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

The sad news is that Christ died and was buried.    He did not seem to die like what you might see in a television show or movie.   No, he really and truly died.   However, the good news is that Christ died FOR US.    He died for the sins of you, me, and the whole world.  Ponder the wonder and mystery of it all during this week, my friends, and give thanks.   Have a joy-filled Holy Week and a blessed Easter.-    Pastor Randy L. Wall

 

PRAYER-   O God, I give thanks for the sacrifice of your Son for my sins and for the sins of the whole world.    Help me, God, to live my life in gratitude to you by being a living sacrifice for you;   through Christ our Lord.   Amen.