Leaving Israel

Not that many hours ago I was at the Garden Tomb (where some say Jesus rose from the dead and right next door He was crucified at a rock hill that looks very much like a skull). And it does, especially as we remember that Golgotha or Calvary means; the place of the skull. I was able to serve communion to our group while we were there, and just like the early disciples we sang a hymn and departed. A few hours later we took a bus to Tel Aviv and began the 2 hour security check and then the 14 hour flight.
For the rest of our lives we will continue to be influenced by bits and pieces of our journey to Israel. But I believe the photos and souvenirs we brought back are a small part of our adventure together, it is more how we are changed. It is always about the ways God hand changes our lives and that change being reflected in our families, workplace, Church, and world. When we walk with Jesus change always happens. I believe change happened at the Garden tomb for all of us, a change I hope you will be able to experience with us on Easter. Sharing communion a few feet from where Christ was crucifed and giving thanks a few feet from the empty tomb was surely a changing experience. In a world were sin and death too often tell us who we are, Christians know who they are by God’s amazing cross based grace and God’s powerful resurrection based life and everlasting life. Think about it with me, are you defined by amazing grace and eternal life, or sin and death? Join me at the garden tomb and walk with Jesus in journey a of life and grace. It’s the Easter Story.
For the cause of Christ and Shalom from Israel and Texas. In a very real way I feel like I have one foot in both places.

Category: Israel