Good Friday Thoughts

Good Friday is a day of extreme contrast. Horrible cruelty was carried out against an innocent man. He was betrayed, beaten, belittled, and finally executed in a dehumanizing, cruel and painful, and humiliating way. Yet we Christians call it “Good.” It’s not good because of the actions done by humanity against Jesus. It is “Good” because of what Jesus accomplished that day — completely succumbing to it all, and yet…death did not get the final say.

I find myself drawn to Good Friday this year in a different way than prior years. In many ways I am struggling. I’m struggling with humanity and how…