You may have heard of the day “Good Friday.” It’s necessarily a holiday, but rather a day that people choose to commemorate or acknowledge. It’s an event that has been commemorated for hundreds of years. What is Good Friday you ask? Well, Good Friday symbolizes day that Jesus was betrayed and crucified. (Matthew 26-27) It’s a day of mourning, and remembering that this had been the plan since the beginning. (Genesis 1.)

So what do you do on Good Friday?

Good question. A lot of churches have Good Friday services, which are typically somber services. My church is doing one tonight with Fernando Ortega, who is leading the worship and music for tonight.

Each church likely does their Good Friday service differently, but there is one thing that we are all doing it for: remembrance of the great sacrifice and mourning the death of someone who should not have died.

But Good Friday is not finished just because the day ends. Obviously God would not have ended something so significant with death. That is what Easter is for, and it’s coming up in two days!

When Jesus was killed on the cross, he was buried for three days: on Good Friday, Holy Saturday (tomorrow), and Easter, and then he was risen on Easter. God always has a plan, no matter how bleak things are looking.

‘For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning. ‘
Psalms 30:5 NLT

‘At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ). ‘
Mark 15:33-34 NIV

So I hope you all have a great weekend, taking the time to remember the goodness of God and the great sacrifice of Christ.
~Willow <3