Good Friday

Good Friday is usually associated with the death of Jesus on the cross.  Seems funny to call it "good" Friday when this seems like a terrible day for His followers.  But...as we know, there is more to the story.  But here is a beautiful thought about the cross:

Darkness falls over the Earth on Good Friday. God's own son goes into the deep darkness, even death, to save us from the dark of our own hearts. While he is walking out this terrible mission his followers seem to do everything they can to show how little we humans deserve the favor.

God is a God of Light: he won't tolerate darkness, and darkness cannot survive in his presence. We who have dark hearts full of sin, should tremble at this fact, but Jesus, who was completely good, took on our sin and stood under the wrath of God. On the cross, he was destroyed and cut off from his Father. It was to have been our fate. This week, in the midst of humanity's own darkest hour, and in the face of his followers' cowardice, selfishness, and laziness, God does not cut us off. In his awesome mercy, he sends his own son into the darkness so that we might live in the light.

May we remember the sacrifice of Good Friday with humbleness and thankfulness.