Walking and Health

As a Christian and a Catholic, I try to walk in faith with the Lord each and every day of my life.  Sometimes it’s hard.  I find myself not walking on the straight and narrow path.  I’m far from perfect, and I make mistakes daily, but the older I get and the more I make an effort to talk with God, the more I feel like I am growing spiritually.  The Easter Celebration is a time to celebrate the joy that Jesus has risen from the dead.

As I write this on Good Friday, one of the most holiest and dramatic days in the Christian and Catholic Lenten season, I am reminded of the The Passion of the Christ , the movie that came out a few years ago, directed by Mel Gibson.  I saw it in the movies in Dolby stereo.  It was powerful.  I saw it with my husband and my mother and father.  I tried to imagine what it would be like, to be Jesus and to suffer all that pain and I had to keep reminding myself that it was just a movie.  I didn’t want to get caught up in it and have others see me cry.  I have a weakness is this area and I have a hard time showing affection sometimes.  As we were leaving the movie theatre, we were the last four to leave because we just sat there and took it all in.  I remember my parents were walking behind us and as we were making our way out of the theatre my mom stopped and leaned up against the wall and cried.  She cried that evening in the theatre for the suffering that Jesus endured.  She cried for the hope that we all have knowing that we are forgiven.  She cried for all the times she sinned. She cried because by her sins, she helped nail Jesus to the cross.  She cried because, as he hung on the cross, he looked up and said, “Father, forgive them.”  She cried for me, because I wanted to cry, but I just held back.  She cried and I wished I could have cried.  I will always remember that moment. 

Good Friday is an annual event that always inspires me to continue to walk in faith with the Lord.  It is a solemn day because this is the day that Jesus dies on the cross.  When I attend the Good Friday service at my church, every year the choir sings a somber church song that brings me to tears every time.  I quietly wipe my eyes.  My heart is filled with sorrow and joy.  I know He died on the cross on Good Friday, but I look forward to the Easter celebration, when we see that He is risen!

Here are a few of the lyrics to the song: Were You There When They Crucified Our Lord?

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?   Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Ohh….tremble, tremble, tremble, were you there when they crucified our Lord?

 Were you there when they crowned our King with thorns?  Were you there when they crowned our King with thorns? Ohh….tremble, tremble, tremble, were you there when they crucified our Lord?

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?  Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Ohh….tremble, tremble, tremble, were you there when they crucified our Lord?

Were you there when they crucified our Lord?   Were you there when they crucified our Lord? Ohh…tremble, tremble, tremble,  were you there when they crucified our Lord?

 Have a wonderful Easter Season.  Let me know if you saw the The Passion of the Christ  and how you felt after you saw it.