Here at Three Willows the green is starting to break free again. It’s that time of renewal that arrives in late March and April every year in this neck of the woods. Oh, it was cold and windy Thursday, but the sun was shining and the green was the promise of warmth and growth to come.
Today is called “Good” Friday in the Christian faith, but it commemorates the worst day ever, when the man who would be known as the Prince of Peace was executed for such heinous crimes as saying “Love God and Love Your Neighbor are the two greatest laws.”
If not for what happened on the third day of the mourning period, He would just be a footnote in history, a notable teacher who had an enthusiastic following until the Powers That Be decided he had to be silenced.
What happened on that third day did happen, however, and so our history is measured in terms of Before and After Him, and Sunday commemorates the best day ever.
Today is a somber and sad day, but because of what was about to happen, the sadness is bittersweet: The foolish Powers That Be knew not what they were doing (what else is new?), but what they set in motion was a joy beyond joy.
