Today is Good Friday, the day Christians around the world remember Christ's crucifixion. When I was little I always wondered why it was referred to as "good" rather than Bad or Sad Friday considering what happened. My mom always had us celebrate it as a day of mourning, no TV, no radio, no friends, no fun. But I have learned many other Christian faiths celebrate it as more of a day of anticipation - accepting what happened on Friday but knowing with eager expectation that Sunday is coming and it is will be glorious! A couple years ago at our church they played a video clip, like the one I've pasted below, before Easter and his is the voice I hear on Good Friday now reminding me that Sunday's coming.
We (the Reynolds) are having our own good Friday. We've had a wonderful week - the kids enjoying time with my mom, aunts, and grandma in San Diego and Mike and I were able to sneak away to enjoy 3 days in Borrego Springs at a beautiful resort with some great friends. We came home rested and refreshed. But we also came home to a house that is not at all what it used to be. There is a picture attached but it doesn't quite do it justice. The upstairs is gone, the downstairs is a shell. I wondered if it would make me sad to see it in this state but it didn't. I just kept thinking our Sunday's coming. Obviously it's not the same as Christ rising from the dead, but it will be glorious for us and it's nice to be able to focus on that right now.
Happy Easter!!!
Very powerful. Thank you.
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