Day 5: God's LOVE is WIDE and HIGH and LONG and DEEP

"Commit your works to Me and your thoughts will be established."

~ Your Heavenly Father

taken from Proverbs 16:3 

This is one of my favorite 
pictures of Christ...
in the Garden of Gethsemane.
This framed picture 
has been in my family
for over 60 years. 
I remember it as a child
hanging over mama's piano.
The piano that our family
gathered around to sing
the familiar Hymns.
Daddy was a country preacher,
Mama played the piano.
I learned early
what it means to commit 
the work of your hands
to the Lord.
There are many ways
to walk out your life...
but none as important
as walking with the Lord.
Jesus commited
His life to the will of the Father.
The price was great.
the agony of that night
in Gethsemane...
in deep communition
with the Father,
brought droplets of blood
upon his brow.
It wasn't easy 
to lay down His life
for all mankind.
But that was His purpose.
He was committed
to the Authority ...
and ultimate Will 
of the Father. 
His thoughts 
were established! 
It was His commitment
to the Father...
that gave Him the Strength
to carry His cross
to Golgotha.

O How WIDE and HIGH...
and LONG and DEEP...
is the Father's LOVE
for YOU and ME!