Friday, April 2, 2010

it is good.

what is so good about today?

it is kind of morbid if you think about it.

we celebrate the day when the one who loved and created us was brutally beaten beyond recognition, scorned and ridiculed, nailed to wood and raised up on a cross to die in agony before a crowd of people.

it is heart wrenching. it is gruesome. it is good?

if we look at the act of the crucifixion and the suffering that Jesus endured (on our behalf) in and of itself, it is a terrible, bleak Friday.

but if we see Friday in its context, if we know that this was the Friday before the most glorious Sunday there ever was, we can look back on the cross and call it good.

this evening i went to a prayer meeting, and we watched clips of the Passion of the Christ. as i looked up at images of Jesus bearing the consequences of my sin i realized that i have no right to anything. how can i complain about my life? how can i withhold ANYTHING from the God who gave me EVERYTHING. even His life.

just like that Friday so many years ago, i can look back at pain and suffering and know that in context, it is good. because the resurrection is coming. and Sunday, we will celebrate.

then on my way home, i heard a song on the radio that had this verse:

So when the whole world turns against me
And i'm all by myself
And i can't hear You answer my cries for help
i'll remember the suffering that Your love put You through
And i will walk through the darkness
If You want me to

it is good. it is really really good.

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