Good Friday. The greatest and worst day in history. The day Jesus died for all sinners. That includes every single one of us. People get so offended at the word sin. Good for you, so does God! Being a sinner means you missed the mark, you fell short of the holiness required to save yourself and you need a Savior. Sin is everything we do as humans that God would not. There are no better or worse sinners. God does not qualify or quantify sin, we do. Our need for a Savior is in equal measure. We think of Good Friday as the day Jesus willingly died on the cross but it is so much more than that! Jesus willingly took our sins upon Himself to free us from the punishment of those sins. The torturous grace! The desperate love He has for us! We ALL collectively put Him on that cross. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit collectively wanted and planned for it to be so! You are so deeply loved with an everlasting love. Your matter and worth are beyond anything you can comprehend. Tragedy and truth, grief and grace, pain and peace, prophecy and proof all residing in and on the only one who could save us. Jesus. We remember this day with pain, shame even. Jesus remembers this day as the day He proved to all mankind that His love was the answer. His sacrifice the cure. Oh praise Him!! Praise Him for the outrageous act of forgiveness and mercy! Praise Him for the incomprehensible eternity He has set before us! Lift your praise to meet with the praise of the angels and heavenly beings, crying out Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty! The Holiness of Heaven colliding with the hopelessness of humanity, Good Friday indeed!!

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