This Sunday is known all around the world as “Easter Sunday” or “Resurrection Sunday.” And today is known as “Good Friday” to a whole lot of people. But those names don’t mean much to most people.
And that’s especially sad on Good Friday.
Because it’s the day that observes another day, about 2000 years ago, that looked anything but good for one man. In fact, things looked worse for him than any other person who ever lived.
First, he was accused of crimes he didn’t commit. Then, he was found innocent of those crimes. And then he was put to death for those crimes he didn’t commit. Wow! Talk about miscarriage of justice.
But we’re not talking about some run-of-the-mill-ordinary-joe-schmoe. Not just another street bum who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. No, we’re not talking about some schmuck outta luck. Good Friday wouldn’t and couldn’t apply to anyone as forgettable as all that.
Uh-uh. Good Friday gets its name because of what that man, Jesus, suffered in order to offer a free gift of grace to anyone who wants it. And “good” hardly seems adequate. Except when you remember that Jesus, Himself, said “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.”
So, given that perspective, you can see how the only good One was sufficient for the sacrifice that day.
And I can’t think of anything more pro life or life-affirming than to know there’s a living, loving God who cared so much for us that He suffered a horrible death to make eternal life available.
C’mon, man! Who wouldn’t wanna live forever?!
And who wouldn’t wanna be in a love-filled paradise forever. It’s certainly something I want. But so sad to say, millions and millions and millions of people don’t choose life. They choose to be their own king. Or queen. And they bet their eternal existence on their own selfish desires.
I hope you don’t believe that way,
That Good Friday’s just another day.
I hope you trust that, when you die,
You’ll live somewhere beyond the sky,
Somewhere you’ll be forever free,
In perfect love, eternally.
Because the One who knows your heart
Can change the broken, selfish part,
If you will only let Him in
And let His healing love begin
To resurrect your brokenness
Into His perfect faithfulness.
© 2024
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