04/03/2026
Today is Good Friday…
and everything feels heavy
Not quiet in a peaceful way
but quiet like something is missing
like the world is holding its breath
Because this is the day
love didn’t look victorious
It looked like loss
It looked like a mother watching her son suffer
like friends standing at a distance
not knowing what to do
not able to stop it
It looked like prayers that felt unanswered
like hope slipping through fingers
like the kind of grief
that makes your chest ache
And He didn’t stop it
Jesus didn’t step down
He didn’t call angels
He didn’t rewrite the moment
He stayed
And I think that’s what undoes me the most
Because He knew
He knew how it would feel
He knew what it would cost
He knew the weight of it
And still
He chose to stay
For the ones who would run
For the ones who would doubt
For the ones who would forget
For me
So today isn’t light
It’s not pretty
It’s not easy
It’s the kind of day
that reminds you death is real
that loss is real
that sometimes you stand there
loving someone
and there is nothing you can do to save them
But this day
this painful
heavy
unbearable day
is not pointless
Because this is the day
love proved
it would go all the way
All the way into suffering
All the way into death
All the way into the grave
And if love was willing to go that far
then maybe
just maybe
it’s strong enough
to meet us there too
Today is Good Friday
And it doesn’t feel good
But it is
Because Jesus didn’t walk away
He stayed.
Thank you to original post for sharing this. My apologies for not knowing how to share it to this page.
