I am hopeful that today will be different than Good Firday’s in the past.
I hope that I will not be a gloomy guss all day,
not being able to get out of my own way or that of others.
Yet, there is a reason to pause on those kinds of Good Firday’s
to note that there has been an earth shaking event to remember,
one that changed the face of life on this planet forever.
How can it be that one life lived so long ago in a land on the other
side of the world, with no news casters and ipods and satelites
could so dramatically change the course of history?
How can the suffering and death of that one young person have so totally
changed life for so many?
So, I guess, if I am to have my normal Good Friday funk
(why is it that we call it GOOD Friday?)
it is for a good cause, that I pause to remember the saving Grace
which was offered so long ago.
Amen