April 3 — He Carried It

Good Friday.Sit with this for a moment.Isaiah 53 was written hundreds of yearsbefore Jesus walked the earth —and yet it reads like an eyewitness account."Surely He has borne our griefsand carried our sorrows.He was wounded for our transgressions.He was bruised for our iniquities.The punishment that brought us peace was on Him —and by His wounds, we are healed."Every word matters.He bore your grief.He carried your sorrow.He took the wounds that should have been yours.Think about what you have been carrying —the shame you can't let go of,the guilt that follows you,the wounds that were done to you that you had no say in —Jesus went to the cross carrying all of it.Not symbolically.Not metaphorically.Actually.And on that cross He said,"It is finished."Not it is continuing.Not you'll have to finish it yourself.Finished.Today is a day to sit with the weight of that love.To let it be as heavy and as real as it is.He carried it.For you.Prayer:Jesus, thank You for carrying what I could not.The weight of my sin, my grief, my fear — You took it all.Thank You.Amen.