Born on a Friday
Emily’s parents wanted to share this beautiful “cross in the sky” they saw as they went to visit her grave last year on Emily’s birthday. The following is an excerpt from Living Memento Mori (Prelude), in which she conveys a bit about her feelings of being born on Good Friday.
Excerpt from Living Memento Mori (Prelude)
The passage doesn’t end happily ever after, but looking through Emily’s life and hardships, she was drawn closer to the Lord in spite of them. She saw everything Christ endured and she knew that if He was willing to withstand all He did for her sake (and ours), that she could trust Him with her life and health. It became her testimony just like the things He brings you to and through are yours give you your testimony to be able to share His gospel and goodness with others.
A Friday of Suffering, A Friday of Hope
We started Holy Week off earlier this week with a post explaining Holy Week and the Stations of the Cross and their meaning, but now as the week comes to its final and most significant days, we want to leave you with important points to ponder.
Emily’s reading of Isaiah during Easter 2023.
Now it’s Good Friday, considered the darkest moment in human history by Christ followers, but 2000+ years later, we know the history before this day and we know what followed 3 days later.
Listen to Emily’s reading from Isaiah (starting at the 6:10 mark), a major prophetic telling of what horror our precious Lord Jesus bare. That day that would come to be known as “Good Friday” all because of His obedience to God the Father and His love to endure for our sakes.
A Sunday Like No Other
Below is another excerpt from Living Memento Mori (pages 79-80), which Emily wrote as a retelling with additional though observations from the women who went to care for Jesus’s body at the tomb on what’s now known as Easter morning.
Excerpt from Living Memento Mori (pages 79-80)
And finally, we would be remiss not to mention once more that Emily’s book, Living Memento Mori, is especially pertinent for Holy Week as each chapter is intertwined with a Station of the Cross. She does a beautiful job relating each station to her and encourages everyone in their own challenges.