Today's cherished Nugget from guest blogger Pastor Bill.

“Never was there a poorer man than Christ; he was the prince of poverty…. Christ stood in the lowest vale of poverty. Look at his clothing; it is woven from the top throughout, the garment of the poor! As for his food, he oftentimes did hunger; and always was dependent upon the charity of others for the relief of his wants! He who scattered the harvest over the broad acres of the world, had not sometimes wherewithal to reverse the pangs of hunger? He who dug the springs of the ocean, sat upon a well and said to a Samaritan woman,

'Give me to drink.’ (John 4:7, 10)

He rode in no chariot; He walked his weary way, footsore, over the flints of Galilee! He had nowhere to lay his head. Looking upon the fox as it hurried to its burrow and upon the fowl as it went to its resting-place, He said,

'Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but I, the Son of man, have nowhere to lay my head.' (Matt. 8:20; Luke 9:58)

He who had once been waited on by angels, becomes the servant of servants, takes a towel, girds himself, and washes his disciples’ feet! He who was once honored with the hallelujahs of ages is now spit upon and despised! He who was loved by his Father and had abundance of the wealth of affection could say,

‘He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.’ (John 13:18; cf. Ps. 41:9)

Oh, for words to picture the humiliation of Christ!"

This illustration by Charles Spurgeon tears at my heart as I ponder the Master of the universe loving me enough to let His son, The Christ, come to earth be treated unfairly, accused unjustly, and die in my place. He came that I might come to know The Father and be able to have an intimate loving relationship with Him. Today is Friday, He was placed in a borrowed tomb. But… Sunday is coming! Oh, what a Savior! Oh, Halleluiah!

May God Bless you and your family as you celebrate the Resurrection this weekend.