Meaning of Good Friday
In three days Christians will be observing Good Friday. This is the day that Jesus suffered a horrible, agonizing death on a cross to make people acceptable to God. He did this to erase the sins that we all commit. We achieve goodness and perfection only through Jesus without whom we are nothing.
Forgotten Meaning
Unfortunately, this fact has been forgotten by too many people. I watch as people continue to focus on personal needs and ignore the truths that Jesus taught. Jesus has been left to hang on the cross alone with only a few followers who say, “We love you and are here to continue to teach what you taught.”
Make A Better Place
This world would be a much better place if people could only feel the compassion felt by the little black dog in the following poem. In other words, if we could rise to the level of the little black dog, and put Jesus and others before ourselves.
Poem: The Little Black Dog
I wonder if Christ had a little black dog All curly and wooly like mine; With two long silky ears, And a nose round and wet, And two eyes brown and tender that shine. I’m afraid he hadn’t because I have read How He prayed in the garden alone; For all his friends and disciples had fled- Even Peter-the one called a stone. And I’m so sure that the little black dog With heart so tender and warm, Would never have left Him to suffer alone But creeping right under His arm Would have licked the dear fingers in agony clasped And counting all favors but loss; When they took Him away Would have trotted behind And followed Him right to the Cross. - Author Unknown
Final Thought
On this Good Friday where will you be found? Will you be focusing on your own interests or will you be at the foot of the cross on which our Savior hangs? As one well-known hymn asks, “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?”
