A Good Friday Meditation
A little girl bends over to help him with his cross.
It is the most natural thing in all the world to do.
She will follow him and help him all the way to the end.
That’s just the way she is.
She will watch with him even when he dies.
She will not leave him.
She will stay with him.
On the third day, she and her friends will go to the garden to prepare him for burial.
But the stone will be rolled away.
The gardener will greet her.
She will ask; “Where have they taken him?”
It is then she will remember; “It’s you! You are the one I stooped over to help when first you fell.”
Only then will it dawn upon her that he lives!
They won’t believe her but she knows the truth.
He lives!
You and I will not fully understand this for a very long time. But it’s all true and more besides;
In the meantime, there is this from Celtic Daily Prayer for this Good Friday
Go peaceful
in gentleness
through the violence of these days.
Give freely.
Show tenderness
in all your ways.
in gentleness
through the violence of these days.
Give freely.
Show tenderness
in all your ways.
Through darkness,
in troubled times
let holiness be your aim.
Seek wisdom.
Let faithfulness
burn like a flame.
in troubled times
let holiness be your aim.
Seek wisdom.
Let faithfulness
burn like a flame.
God speed you!
God lead you,
and keep you wrapped around His heart!
May you be known by love.
God lead you,
and keep you wrapped around His heart!
May you be known by love.
Be righteous.
Speak truthfully
in a world of greed and lies.
Show kindness.
See everyone
through heaven’s eyes.
Speak truthfully
in a world of greed and lies.
Show kindness.
See everyone
through heaven’s eyes.
God hold you,
enfold you,
and keep you wrapped around His heart.
May you be known by love.
enfold you,
and keep you wrapped around His heart.
May you be known by love.
~Celtic Daily Prayer, Paul Field
(The image from above is from the Episcopal Cultural Network)
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