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April 18, 2014 by LCPF

Good Friday Poem

A Poem for Good Friday

What makes Good Friday good?” you ask.

A challenge! A rather daunting task.

Some may dismiss it with a shrug and a smirk,

And consider it another day off work.

Others, religious, pious as such,

Take a few minutes for a mournful watch;

Merchants unlock their doors with glee,

Anticipating the pre-Easter shopping spree.

A bunny here, a chocolate egg there,

Symbols of a society that doesn’t care.

“Care?” you say, “Do you mean me?”

“What’s there to care; how can this be?”

It’s the cross, you forget, that rugged wood,

That makes Good Friday eternally good.

What’s so good about the death of an ancient man,

Who died long before my life began?

This man, who on this earth once trod,

Was not only man, but the Son of God.

That wood, that tree, that old rugged cross,

Was the symbol of gain and the symbol of loss.

To those who believe, it is the promise of gain;

The hope that, like Jesus, we’ll rise again!

For the skeptic, the doubter, the meaning is loss;

An eternal gulf, which no one can cross.

Good Friday is good, because of the death

Of Jesus the Savior, who gave His last breath

So you, friend, and I, could be cleared of our guilt,

Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb that was spilt.

Mourn not, my dear soul, for the death of the Lamb,

For that cross made the bridge to the Great I AM.

Christ paid the price, rose again to God’s side,

And brought us next Sunday: the Resurrection-tide!

written by Alan Allegra, free to share.

Thinking of You on Good Friday and praying that the Lord keep you in his Loving care always, from all of us on the leadership team.

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