Good Friday

This week has been one of the weirdest ones for me. If I didn’t get messages from my local radio station, the Verse of the Day from The Bible app, or the messages from the SowFull Easter Challenge, it would’ve been just any other week. And some days it felt like it. We didn’t talk about Holy Week in my church service this past Sunday, no mention of Palm Sunday or the Easter Sunday coming up. I didn’t attend our church’s Maundy Thursday service either. I didn’t want it to just be any other week, because it wasn’t, it was the best week ever.

Holy Week is probably one of my favorite weeks ever! I love that it’s a time to reflect on Jesus’ life, His purpose, and how soon he was about to leave Earth. Today is, my favorite, Good Friday. It’s the day He was crucified. Now I know you may be thinking, “How can it be ‘Good’ Friday, if Jesus died on this day?” I used to think the same thing. What makes this day so good if Our Fave left us on this day? I’m sure if His disciples heard us calling it this around that time, they would’ve had a fit. But this Friday can known as a good one, because it was only the beginning. The beginning of the completion of His work here on Earth. The beginning of the foundation of what we know as Christianity today. The beginning of what we know as the ultimate sacrifice.

This week was weird for me, not only because I didn’t always feel like it was Holy because I thought I missed out on some its usual activities. It was weird because this whole week, I’ve felt a joy that’s been unexplainable every day. Even though I’ve had moments where I was worried or seriously stressed, I reminded myself that everything was going to be okay because in the end I will be successful. It reminded me of what Jesus was telling His disciples all the way up to His death: they didn’t need to worry because his Mission will soon be complete. And even though He was leaving, He would soon come back to be with us again.

Holy Week is a reminder that Jesus came to Earth for a reason: to begin the restoration of our relationship with God. The best gift we could ever receive.

–Much love,

Kumam 💝