My wife was sick yesterday. I was not at home at that time. Our Indian parrot Kiwi found out that she was sick. She came down from her cage and gave my wife company the whole time by sitting her side until I came home. Both of us were moved by Kiwi’s love and concern for her because she has not done anything like that before.Today is Good Friday. We remember Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross today. What a love he showed us by dying on the cross for the sins of the world.
He was despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Surely He has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed Him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions;
He was crushed for our iniquities;
upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on Him
the iniquity of us all.
-Isaiah 53:3-6