Maundy Thursday / Good Friday /
Saturday 20 April
When I survey the wondrous cross, On which the Prince of glory died… It’s only six days, less than a week since everyone was rejoicing…waving palm branches and singing Hosanna, and now this…Jesus is dead...suffering the humiliation of being hung on a cross like a common criminal. A time when we should be celebrating all he was doing, all that he meant, all that he could have achieved with more time, but instead all we can do is grieve. Losing a loved one is always tough, but to lose our friend, our Lord, our Saviour is so hard to take in, like our entire world has crumbled around us. …Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all Love…that’s all he ever showed us. But it was different…he didn’t look for anything in return…an unconditional love. He could easily have changed things this week…said the things they wanted him to say, done what they wanted him to do, but instead he chose the tough road, the one that led to his death. It was like it was all pre-planned, as though he knew how it would end, but still he took that path. And what of us who are left…we need to carry on what he started, we need to be more like him…I need to be more like him. Jesus gave up everything for me. I stand in the shadow of the cross…I may never be able to fully repay that sacrifice, but his love, his unconditional love, demands my whole being.
Alan Hunter |