The other day, I was listening to a talk by a speaker named Kim Meeder. She said something along the lines of this, “In life, there is really just one question: ‘Who will be the god of your life?’” Hmmm… Maybe Good Friday more than any other day, is an opportunity to ask ourselves that question. We celebrate the day Jesus was born. Christmas. We celebrate the day Jesus rose from the dead. Easter. But we also celebrate the day Jesus died. And we call it good.
Read MoreHave you ever deeply longed for something? The dictionary suggests some synonyms for longing: “thirst, hunger, ache…”
We can romanticize those words all we want. But being thirsty, hungry, or having a perpetual ache are rarely fun experiences.