Apr
2
Written by:
host
4/2/2010 7:00 AM
It doesn’t seem good,
this Friday
when we remember
a betrayal, an arrest,
a trial, an angry mob,
many denials, the mocking,
the suffering, the death, the sorrow.
How did it come to be
known as good?
Perhaps an evolution
of the label God’s Friday?
We rationalize its name now.
Justifying that it was
good because we know the
rest of the story.
Sad Friday seems more appropriate.
We see, hear and experience
daily reminders that humankind
is capable of being less than kind.
We want to believe that we
would not be as cruel as
that man, that woman, that child,
those people that we hear and read about.
Yet we know that we fall short.
We are capable of being
unkind, cruel even.
We have, at one time or another,
given in to the temptation
to let the crowd do our thinking for us.
Sad Friday is a reminder that
humankind has fallen short
for a very long time.
Had we been a witness to the events
of that long ago day, we might
have been a participant, not just
an innocent bystander.
We might have been guilty of
being an accomplice to the
crucifixion of Jesus.
Would we have
acknowledged responsibility?
Would we have wondered
if we had made a mistake?
Would we have believed
the events that occurred
three days later?
Do we believe?
These things we contemplate,
reflect upon and hold
in our hearts
on a sad Good Friday.
~Sally Hoelscher
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