You Are Not Forgotten.

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Rom. 5:8.

In 1813, a young English woman walked into Newgate Prison in London for the first time. What she saw changed her life and countless others. The women’s prison was filthy, overcrowded, and violent. Mothers were chained to walls. Children slept on stone floors. There was no food unless prisoners could pay for it. Most of society had forgotten these women. They were criminals, after all. “They deserve it,” people said. “They chose this life.” But Elizabeth Fry didn’t see criminals. She saw human beings. And she believed that every one of them mattered to Good. So she came back  again and again. She brought food and medicine. She brought knitting needles and Bibles. She started schools for the children behind bars. And she created programs that taught women job skills, hygiene, and dignity. Most importantly, she loved them. Not because they had earned it, but because they needed it.

She said, “Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.” Elizabeth Fry didn’t stop with one prison. She became a leading voice in Parliament for prison reform. One of the first women to address that body. She changed laws. She changed lives. She even comforted prisoners on death row, reminding them of God’s mercy.

Her love didn’t erase justice — it transformed it. That’s what Christ love on the Calvary Cross did to humanity. In Isaiah 61, God says He has sent His servant “to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners.” That’s the love we’re called to reflect. A love that walks into forgotten places and whispers, “You are not forgotten.”

The love that propelled Jesus to the cross is “Agape” a divine, unconditional, sacrificial, and self-giving love that seeks the ultimate good of the beloved regardless of the cost. It was not the Roman nails that held Jesus to the cross, but his unwavering commitment to rescue humanity from sin. Jesus emphasized that no one took his life from him; he laid it down of his own accord. He willingly chose to endure the agonizing torture of crucifixion to fulfill the Father’s plan of redemption. This love is described as "cross-bound" and "life-sacrificing," where God in human form took the place of guilty individuals, bearing the weight of sin. Selah!

FURTHER READING:

“And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.” Heb. 9:15.

“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”1 Peter. 3:18.

DECLARATION: 

Dear Abba Father, I thank You for the gift of life and the privilege of salvation. Lord, I confess that I often keep the resurrection story at a distance, treating it as a story rather than a life-changing truth. Today, I ask You to make it new for me again. Resurrect me today. Help me to lay down my old self, my habits, my selfishness, and my fears and step into the new life You have provided. I want to live in the gladness and grace of Easter Sunday every day of the year in the mighty name of Jesus, amen.

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:

2 Sam. 11:1-27.

2 Sam. 12:1-31.

2 Sam. 13:1-39.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY:

"Easter Proves That You Can Put The Truth In The Grave, But You Can't Keep It There Beyond Three Days."