Worthy Is the Lamb – the Lamb Who Was Slain!

April 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

“Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice: 

     “ Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
      To receive power and riches and wisdom,
      And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
Rev. 5:11-13 NKJV

As we draw near to the Holy Week this year, I’ll share more post (and Tweets) on the reason for the season! Needless to say, I won’t be talking about any bunnies or eggs.  :-)

Here’s the most recent post that I wrote for Hope for Women magazine to coincide with this wonderful season!

Jesus Christ: One Man, One Sacrifice for All of Mankind – FOREVER!

Enjoy!

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I’m So Glad that He’s Not Forgotten!!

December 7, 2010 By 2 Comments

On November 18th, my sister Anjela and I went to the ICE exhibit at the Gaylord National Harbor, MD. Even though I originally thought it was just for children, I had to see what all of the hoopla was about.

After making our way through the Dr. Seuss picture gallery (love him!), it was time to get our parkas and go into the deep freeze of the ICE exhibit, where the temperature was said to be 7 degrees! Oh my!

When we entered, we expected to see the Grinch and the Who’s from Whoville, in solid ice chiseled to perfection!

I'm about to have green eggs & ham with Mr. Grinch!

  

 And we saw just that! Tons and Tons of ice, in all different colors, shapes, sizes and objects.

As we neared the end of the ICE exhibit and saw the big “THE END” sign written in typical Dr. Seuss fashion, we continued to make our way to the exhibit — and what we found left us in total AWE!

The Gaylord National and the sponsors of the ICE exhibit (Coca-Cola) didn’t leave Christ out of Christmas!!! Hallelujah! In a society that wants to teach our children everything but about Jesus Christ, I was so overwhelmed with joy that I had to tweet about it as soon as possible (and @GaylordNational retweeted me.)

Look at what we saw!

The Nativity scene in ice!

Jesus with a lamb on His shoulders - all in ice!

 
 

There was also an angel who had to be about 10 feet tall! Must have been a replica of the archangels Michael or Gabriel.  :-)

And if that weren’t enough – as you finished making your way through this heavenly ice exhibit and stepped into the warm gift shop, where someone awaited you to take your parka – there were Christian souvenirs!!! What?! I was almost in tears at the adoration of the Santa figurines -

What adoration! "At the name of Jesus EVERY knee shall bow!"

I just can’t tell you how overjoyed I, and the other extremely pleased Christian visitors, were that night. I’m just so glad that He’s not forgotten!  He’s the reason for the season.
(You can see the ICE exhibit for yourself until January 9, 2011. Visit the Gaylord’s website for more information.)

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The Holy Land Experience

August 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I almost don’t know where to start.

This past week, I went on vacation with some of my family members to Orlando, FL. The agenda was to go to the Holy Land Experience, a replica of the real Holy Land in Israel, by the Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN) and then to some of the Disney theme parks (and of course, to get some shopping done!)

I’m already a born again Christian, but if I weren’t, I surely would have been converted to one by the time I left the Holy Land Experience. As my Mother said, “It’s like being in heaven. Everyone is walking around all day talking about Jesus!” It almost seemed as if we were in a secluded Christians only community, because indeed, everyone who was there – people of all walks of life, ages, and colors were indeed talking about Jesus, and Jesus alone.

While we were there, we went to see their various plays and reenactments of Biblical stories. We also saw a reenactment of the Last Supper and was able to take Holy Communion with “Jesus” (a cast member who looked just like what I imagine the real Jesus to look like.)

We then went to a place called the Scriptorium and it showed the history of the Bible and how we got these little books that we take to church and read (or at least I hope we do.)  As a writer and author, I was moved to tears to see how much diligence, effort, blood sweat and tears went into putting the Word of God into book form. Many people lost their lives throughout history just trying to pen down the Scriptures and pass it on to future generations. It was so inspiring and moving!

At the end of many of the plays, everyone was invited to say the Sinner’s Pray and accept Christ as their personal Lord and Savior! Really – on vacation! 

The ultimate play was the “Behold the Lamb” presentation where we first heard how the “trial of Christ” had broken so many Jewish laws that it was totally unlawful! And then we saw Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane praying earnestly, “Father, if it’s Your will, take this cup from Me. But not My will Lord, but Yours be done.” Luke 22:42

I had to whip out my pda and try my hand at using the camcorder to share some of the actual scenes with you. (The last video clip shows Jesus Christ, crowned and yes, indeed, His train filled the temple!! Isaiah 6:1)

At the end of this spectacular play, all attendees were invited to have the Holy Land Experience staff/cast members pray with them about specific issues (ie, salvation for loved ones, healing, provisions, the impossible! and the like.)

If you’re looking for a spiritual retreat and vacation rolled up into one, then I would high recommend The Holy Land Experience! Bring plenty of tissues! 

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