How can today be “Good”?
When the pain of the cross looms large.
When God’s love incarnate cries out forsaken and breaths his last.
When we hang our heads in despair because it seems like once again the powers-that-be have killed hope, peace, love, and joy.
What exactly is good about today?
Perhaps not “good”, but this is God’s Friday.
God’s Friday where suffering and pain and death are not evidence against God but God’s address of self-emptying.
God’s Friday where sighs and cries and anger and injustice are not void of the Holy, but held closer to the Divine than we will ever know.
God’s Friday not with easy, bummer sticker phrases about things happening for a reason or all will be alright in the end, but God’s Friday where the Holy fiercely faces most painful parts of life.
God’s love on a cross is good news for those of us holding crosses right now. Crosses of discrimination due to race, who you love, and who God created you to be. Crosses of cancer and medical issues that harshly reveal our human-size-ness. Crosses of broken relationships, redemptive violence, shattered dreams, and just trying to get by. Crosses of polarization and politicalization and people threating to leave the tribe unless you conform to their way of thinking. Crosses of litmus tests. Crosses of control. Crosses of bullying and bulldozing and treating others like a punching bag.
What cross do you carry today? How can you name that, invite God into that, and let God be part of that? Because in this way, we might not discover, “goodness” but maybe we will sense grace and love we need now more than ever. Amen.
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