It’s a good Friday
the rains have come and washed
the earth
and all is fresh and new
the sun struggles to rise
through the tattered remnants of clouds
and the sky burns golden
in the cool shadows of the big firs
bushes lurk
a few buds just beginning to add a
touch of green to branches long dead
a resurrection of sorts
this morning
this spring
it is GOOD FRIDAY
on this day we remember
a moment
a turning point
when Jesus
fully human
fully sacred
let the forces of fear and greed and dead
appear to win
refusing to fight fear with fear
and violence with violence
he modeled a new way
to overcome that which ails the world
and though the trial
and walk of hate
and the cross
with all its ugliness
and that death
seemed so very bad
it was a good Friday
for in the darkness light flickered
in the midst of hate love stilled burned
in the death life remained
and gained
for when Jesus died in love
as he lived in love
death started working backwards (CS Lewis)
not because he satisfied a savage brutal God
but because he modeled the way a loving God works
the way of love and reconciliation and restoration
and soon
resurrection
it was a good Friday
it is a good Friday
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