Today is called Good Friday. When you think that it’s in commemoration of the day Someone died a violent, torturous death, you might wonder what’s so good about it. Here’s what I think:
The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom giving us free access, through Jesus, to God the Father. No more priests, no more animal sacrifices. When we want to talk to Him, we simply say the words.
My chains are gone; I’ve been set free. My God, My Savior has ransomed me. Amazing. (1 Thess. 1:10 “rescued us from wrath”)
I am no longer a slave to sin and death. Romans 8:1-4: Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
I am so, so, so loved “For God so loved the world that He sent His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
‘Nuff said.
Hallelujah.
Thankful today for:
169. what will be a great gathering of friends at our house on Easter
170. freedom
171. new growth on rose bushes
Compelled 
I’ve often wondered what the temple priests thought when they saw the veil torn TOP to bottom – so -who was up on the ladder and tore it? 😀 And who would do such a thing? The veil that hid the holy of holy places!?! And now we’ve got to sew it up again? God is far above anything we can understand – and He died for you! For me! Astounding! Happy Easter!