I have spent a reasonable amount of time today thinking about Good Friday’s events. The passages are familiar, and the events and outcomes are unsurprising. Yet again, though, I am impacted by the fact that even with all that being true, it is a significant day!
Today, I felt myself drawn to the tangible aspects of the day. I have a crown of thorns hanging on my bedroom wall, and I have often stopped to feel its sharpness and imagine the uneven and jagged thorns pressing into my head. Somehow, this year, it feels more honest with the tangible around me.
Tonight, in the scripture reading at the Tenebrae service, we read how they
put a sponge to Jesus’ lips with vinegar or sour wine. It brought me back to when I had a Sedar dinner, and we tasted the vinegar. The tangible bitter taste came back to me as they read the words. I was grateful for the tangible experience I had.
Lastly, tonight, again, I heard the nails pounding into the cross. I heard the pounding while we listened to the clarinet sorrowfully play the tune to the words, “Sorrow and love flowed mingled down.” I could close my eyes and feel the moment in some realness. I am grateful for the tangible ways that Good Friday came to life for me this year.
I hope that you will experience different aspects of the story coming t o life for y9u both for Good Fridya and Easter! Today is Friday, but Sunday is coming! ❤️ trish
