Good Friday

People ask, "What is Good Friday?", meaning, "Why do we call it Good Friday if that’s the day that Jesus died? What’s good about that?"

Here's a response I read on the web this morning from Kelly at http://www.faithfulprovisions.com/

"As a Christian, I explain the meaning of Good Friday as the basis of my faith. Honoring Good Friday, along with the celebration of Easter on Sunday, is so special. It’s important to me that my children understand it as well, to the best of their ability. This day says we cannot save ourselves. Without Christ’s selfless act, without His choosing to give His life, we would be living by the law, and not by grace. That’s the reason Christians put so much emphasis on Good Friday and Easter as such important holidays. It is the “why” behind the celebration of our salvation."

She also provides this further comment by Robert Trache.

Good Friday is the mirror held up by Jesus so that we can see ourselves in all our stark reality, and then it turns us to that cross and to His eyes and we hear these words, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” That’s us! And so we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. We see in that cross a love so amazing, so divine, that it loves us even when we turn away from it, or spurn it, or crucify it. There is no faith in Jesus without understanding that on the cross we see into the heart of God and find it filled with mercy for the sinner–whoever he or she may be. ~Robert G. Trache

So, the sun is shining today after all the snow we received yesterday. It is blue sky and sunshine and a cool temp of -4 celcius at 8 a.m.  It's time to get ready for our combined services at our church for 10 a.m. A special celebration this morning. A good time to reflect on what Good Friday means to me...to all of us.  Looking forward to Easter Sunday when I can say "He's Alive, He has risen!  Hallalujah!