Thumb Prints On The Cross

Wow, this Easter weekend this year was full of meaningful things for me. One significant thought came from the old spiritual "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" Can you hear the people singing? I was really struck by my answer - Yes, I was there! You ask, how can I say that? It was over 2000 years ago. I believe I was on Jesus' mind as He bore my sins. He was in His human form but in being God's Son He was capable of thinking about me, thinking about you as He died on the cross that day. Yes, I was there - in His mind and on His heart.

In a presentation of experiencing Jesus' last days through the senses, there was a large wooden cross and a bowl of red paint. The Scripture verses from Isaiah 53 were there for meditation - "But He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed." The instructions were to put our thumb in the red paint and put our thumb print on the cross. It was an overwhelming rush of emotion. Yes I was there. Unconsciously, only thinking of it later, I put my thumb print on the part of the cross where His heart might have been. Yes, I was on His heart, as He suffered and died for me. And on Easter morning, the cross was there, covered with red thumb prints - so many were there.

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?