A very humbling experience and the rest of the weekend so far....

Yesterday was Good Friday and I went to the local Methodist Church (where I help with the ROCK group) for their Good Friday Service. I had made mention to my cousin who was in charge of the service that I was coming and if he needed help I would be there. Well I walked in and he asked me to come with him. I walked with him into where they hold worship. They were doing a drama based on good friday. So he told me that in the play the guard was going to grab someone (hence why he wanted to talk to me) from the crowd to finish carring the cross to the front of the church. The church service started with a cross walk (which is where they walked from the park to the church carring a cross stoping at various times to pray) it ended outside the church and then we went in to have the worship part. So I sit down and the guard pulls me out of the pew and shoves me towards the cross. I had never tried to pick up the cross before this and when I tried I relized how heavy the cross was. It made me think about how Christ having just been tried, beaten, convicted and sentenced to death still carried that cross. I know for me carrying the cross to the from was heavy but I can't imagine the pain the Savior went through carring it. I am so grateful for his unselfish act of dying for my sins and making it possible for me to return to live agian with my Heavenly Father. After this experience I went home and thought for a while. I then went to my friend's house where they were throwing me a birthday party. It touches me deeply that I truely have friends who care about me for me and love me no matter what. It's beyond awesome. I had so much fun. They put 30 Candles (since I am turning 30 on the 15th) and lit them. I had a really hard time blowing them out cause some were trick candles. It was a lot of fun though...... I am beyond grateful....