Good Friday

Sitting in the tension — My heart’s desire is not to rush through Good Friday knowing that Sunday is coming, but to sit in the tension and discomfort. It is my sin and shame that put Jesus on the cross, so today, on this Good Friday, I am choosing to sit in the tension. My…

Why have you abandoned me — The face of darkness Sin and death Stares at me I can feel its breath Words in anger Slap my face They spit at me Cast aside in disgrace Father, what have I done Where have they taken me Father, where…

Giving us access to the Holies of Holies through His blood — “Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani? that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” — Matthew 27:45–46 When they heard…

An important day for Christians and the Christian Faith — “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds, you have been healed.” -1 Peter 2:24