My Thoughts on Good Friday

My Thoughts on Good Friday
By Annette Marie Carr

As terrible as flogging, a crown of thorns, and being nailed to hang naked on a cross was... the worse pain of the cross was not physical.
It was the sin of the entire world, placed fully on a holy God. Jesus, who lives eternally with His Father and The Holy Spirit. One God, the triune God. For a time Jesus came to live with us on the very same Earth He created.  He came because sin separates us from God.  He didn't create robots, He gave us free choice. And all will eventually, at one time or another, sin.  When Jesus who knew NO sin took our sins on Himself not only did He experience the unfathomable pain and blackness of all evil, He lost that connection with His Father until he died and rose again. He did that to give us the choice to be connected forever with Him.
That's what makes this Friday GOOD!

"fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For THE JOY set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
Hebrews 12:2
Those who call Him Lord.  We are THE JOY.