Saturday 4 April 2015

It is Finished

I attended two different Good Friday services this year.

First, I sat through the 3-hours long liturgical service at St. George's Anglican where we were presented with 7 short sermons on Jesus' 7 last words on the cross. It was good for me. I left Sophie with her grandma in order to not have to bother with keeping a pre-toddler occupied and quiet throughout the service. On my own too. (I don't think that she would have appreciated having to be still and quiet for 3 hours - and I didn't want to sit alone in the creche for 3 hours.) Having not listened to a sermon un-distracted for so long, I must say that it was a refreshing experience. It was lovely to see friends whom I haven't seen in a while, being on the other side of the island. 


Secondly, I was at Trinity's Good Friday service in the evening with my husband. Reflecting on the cross of Christ for the second time in one day made the picture much clearer and my heart even more thankful. I am thankful that Jesus came to die for our sins, and that the Creator God would go to that extent to show us how deep, high, and wide His love is for us, His created beings. Why would He create us if He already knew that we would be so much trouble? Why create us in order to have to save us and woo us into a love relationship with Him? Why create us in order that we may not only have fellowship with Him but also be part of Him in Christ? His ways and thoughts are so much higher than ours that my brain hurts trying to comprehend the mystery. And perhaps, such a mystery was never meant to be solved. Rather it invites us to participate in it, ponder upon it in awe and delight, and savour it to our deepest satisfactions. 

Thank You, Jesus.

On a lighter note, I have completed the first draft of my first sermon of the year.   

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