'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.'

 

Palm Sunday

Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.  Does he not leave the ninety-nine  in the open country and go after the the lost sheep until he finds it?  And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home.  Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.'  I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

The Triumphal Entry

  ¹ As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, ² saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. ³ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”

 ⁴ They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, ⁵ some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” ⁶ They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. ⁷ When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. ⁸ Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. ⁹ Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,
   “Hosanna!^[a]”
   “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”^[b]
 10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”
   “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;¹⁸ they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

  
A dear brother in Christ went home with the LORD after claiming HIM as his Friend and Savior.
The brother put up a stubborn fight to be his own savior, but the prayers of many Christian Brothers and Sisters over turned his stubborn attitude of being able to save himself.
He accepted Jesus Christ Our Savior and LORD to be his Savior and LORD the evening before going home to the mansion in the heavens. 
This past week: week of April 10,  on Thursday Evening very late: our New Brother and Friend in Christ Jesus took the LORD'S hand and walked into paradise.  
Praise God for this awesome witness.  His Christian Blood brother never gave up.
                                                                                                                                                 ~Amen!


Just as I am, without one plea,
But that thy blood wast shed for me,
And that thou bidst me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come.
Charlotte Elliott


Give rest, O Christ,
to your servant with your saints:
where sorrow and pain are no more;
neither sighting, but life everlasting.

You alone are immortal,
the creator and maker of man;
and we are mortal,
formed from the earth,
and to the earth we shall return;
for you so ordained when you created us, saying,
'Dust you are, and to dust you shall return;'
we shall all go down to the dust;
and, weeping over the grave, we sing
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Give rest, O Christ,
to your servant with your saints:
where sorrow and pain are no more;
neither sighing, but life everlasting.

Russian Liturgy, sixth century