So for me Good Friday has always been one of those...hey we are sad today right? So why do you keep telling happy Good Friday, and what is so good about it anyway? Because basically I was all like "Ummm hello all you people in happy La La Land...are you forgetting that this is the day that JESUS DIES?"
Ya well this year I'm starting to understand...
It is a happy day...yes Jesus does die, but it is a happy day...
reverently so of course...
Good Friday...I always understood Jesus died for us on Good Friday. I understood that that very fact is what makes the day good. I just didn't understand how people considered it a day to wish people a happy one...happy Good Friday? ...well that's just weird.
Good Friday is a day for being quiet, for being respectful and reverent: for remembering what Christ did...for remembering His death.
Yes, Good Friday is a day for all of those things, but I was still missing something...
GOOD FRIDAY CELEBRATES IN A SPECIAL WAY THE DAY THAT CHRIST DIED FOR YOU...
In case you missed that Jesus died for you! To save you, because...wait for it...He loves you...
Ok, Ok, you know all of these things....and I knew all of these things...but have you ever really thought about it? Have you ever really taken the time to process what that means?
Jesus Christ, our savior...fully human, and fully divine...died...a horrible death...because He loves you.
Jesus loves you so much that he was willing to die on a cross...to hang by nails in his hands and feet on a rough piece of wood with thorns pushing at his head for HOURS for you.
To lose so much blood that people today question whether or not it is humanly possible to do so. To fight for each breath until he physically could not fight anymore. To suffer the death of a criminal. For you.
Christ willingly took on this torture in order to save you. That, when you really and truly think about it, is just the best thing ever. Christ saved us that day, and that is why we celebrate.
