Good Friday Reflection

Good Friday
Tina Carter, Board Member

He was born into humble means and had to borrow an animal’s feeding trough with hay to be laid in. It was wise men from far away lands who knew his worth and sacrifice. He was innocent, living in an occupied land doing His Father’s plan. By speaking truth to power in the hopes of returning spiritual freedom to those caught in the spiritual wilderness, he was betrayed, beaten, spit upon, and forced to carry his death device. Hot, humiliated, through blood, sweat, and tears, he carried the weight of the sins of the entire world. Yet, even when he walked, crawled, and stumbled upon the stony road toward his death, he continued to minister to the men, women, and children who saw him. He endured and through the strength that came from his heavenly father, each bloodied step was made to his eventual humanly end…and our spiritual rebirth.

Over two thousand years later, we are still reaping the benefits of this sacrificial lamb who willingly gave his life for us. How do we repay this sacrifice? We treat each other like commodities. We are cruel just because we can. We hide behind unjust laws to break up families and disappear people from the street. We make deals with the devils of this world for profit and short-term gains. We become the ugly, bloodied, bruised scars Christ endured on our behalf.

Christ has redeemed us through his sacrifice. His very death made us whole with God once again. It is incumbent on us to honor that holy scapegoat properly. We are called as the people of God to love one another. Not love one another except… we are called to love one another, period. We are called to be brothers and sisters in this body of Christ. We must embody Christ's strength to serve God and one another.