Good Friday Reflections

Today is Good Friday. It's a cloudy day here in San Diego. It's funny because I can't remember a time when Good Friday wasn't cloudy and Easter wasn't sunny. Interesting.

I've been reading a devotional on Lent and Easter called, Bread and Wine. There are some really good quotes and thoughts throughout the book that have helped me focus on what Easter means. It has been difficult to not be distracted by the upcoming birth of Sophia and I didn't want to get sidetracked amidst all the excitement. How cool would it be if she were to be born on Easter?

Mike and I were talking the other day and he pointed out how interesting it is that Jesus was buried in a cold, dark, stony tomb that was meant for death, yet he brought life and light to it upon his resurrection. He equated it with our cold, dark, stony hearts that would be dead without the light, life and forgiveness of Jesus. I liked the word picture.

This was a quote by Saint Augustine that stood out to me from my reading and seems to capture what Jesus gave up to save us:

The Maker of man was made man, that the Ruler of the stars might suck at the breast; that the Bread might be hungered; the Fountain, thirst; the Light, sleep; the Way, be wearied by the journey; the Truth, be accused by false witnesses; the Judges of the living and the dead, be judged by a mortal judge; the Chastener, be chastised with whips; the Vine, be crowned with thorns; the Foundation, be hung upon the tree; Strength, be made weak; Health, be wounded; life, die. To suffer these and suchlike things, undeserved things, that he might free the undeserving, for neither did He deserve any evil, who for our sakes endured so many evils, nor were we deserving of anything good, we who through Him received such good.

Have a blessed Easter!