“The cross, as poignant as it is, is understandable from a human perspective: an innocent man was murdered by crooked politicians and religious leaders. But the empty tomb– what can you say? Only a supernatural God could accomplish that. – (Jim Cymbala)
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. – (Romans 5:8)
“Only the disciplined are truly free.” – (Stephen Covey)
“And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the Shabbat, from the day that you bring the omer [offering] that is raised, seven complete weeks there shall be until the morrow of the seventh week you shall count fifty days – (Leviticus 23:15-16).
“Let us spend one day as deliberately as nature, and not be thrown off track by every nutshell and mosquito’s wing that falls on the rails. Let us rise early and fast, or break fast, gently and without perturbation; let company come and let company go, let the bells ring and the children cry, – determine to make a day of it.” (Henry David Thoreau)