Good Friday. The day Jesus died a terrible death. I don’t understand. There’s nothing good in suffering. There’s nothing good in death. But maybe that’s because I see things from my view. Maybe I only see the now. Maybe I only see the visible. Yet Jesus saw beyond. Jesus saw the invisible. “Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame” (Hebrews 12:2). He saw the joy beyond the now. He saw the good beyond the visible. He saw eternity. He saw God’s good plan of grace and salvation. Maybe this is the good I often don’t see in my trials, in my struggles. Because “we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them” (Romans 8:28). Today there is no greater example of this good. Good beyond comprehension. A good that changed the world forever. Suffering that brings salvation. Loss that brings life…forever. Open Bible – https://bit.ly/Heb12v1-2, https://bit.ly/Rom8vs28 (Craig B)
