03/04/2026
𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚 “𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐲” 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨. 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬.
(Luke 23:33, Isaiah 53:7)
Not ideal, yet still… we call it Good Friday.
Good, because on that cross, justice and mercy met. Sin was not ignored, it was paid for. Love was not just spoken, it was demonstrated.
Jesus didn’t just suffer, He chose the cross. Para sa atin. Para sa’yo.
“He was pierced for our transgressions… by His wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)
“But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
The cross tells the truth about us, that our sin runs so deep, it leads to death.
But it also reveals a greater truth about God, that His love runs deeper, that He died so we could live.
And now, the question is no longer: “What did Jesus do?” but “What will we do with what He has done?”
Will we receive the grace He freely offers? Or will we walk away from the very love that saves us?
Today, don’t just remember the cross. Respond to it.
Come to Him.
Receive His grace.
Follow Him with your life.
Because what looked like the end… was actually the beginning of our salvation. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" - John 3:16
