"The Lamb of God, for You"

"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you." (1 Peter 1:18-20) 'And the wheels on the bus go round and round!' I don't know why, but that just popped into my head as I was reading what Peter was putting forth about "tradition from your fathers". It's not really the fault of what is being taught to the children, but more the stuff that surrounds the lessons. I think that the hardest thing to get across to our children is the price we pay for the mistakes we make; and when it comes to teaching them about Christ, well, let's just say that actions speak louder than words. As we get into this time of year when we celebrate the traditions we have been given, let's remember the cost of the Salvation we have been so freely given. More than that; I think we should take it up a notch on the Love Meter, and try to express the way Jesus went to the cross for us. Because the way Peter is trying to express it, requires us to step back from the normal routines of life, and actually see the man who was the Lamb; and not just that He paid for our sins with His precious blood, but that He did so with a passion for it. Not only did He have a passion for it, but as Peter is saying here, this was something that was prearranged from the foundation of the world for Him to do, and He did it perfectly...