GOOD

I know I've posted a lot of how I feel and why I feel it, where I feel God is calling me, and the roots of my faith. Today is one of those VERY special days, a GOOD day, for many reasons. I loved how Nate put it at his blog. I asked Nate if I could quote some of it, and then I invite you to please click on the previous link to read the whole thing. In my life, and that of Hubby's, we've faced a lot of things that have not been fun, healthy, or seemed good. Many times people ask when bad things happen, "Why me?". I've been learning hard lessons on the fact I should be accepting and embracing "Why NOT me". People will ask, "where is God in this?" "Why did God let this happen?" I want to assure you, that in my life I know God has been there, never hiding from me, AND God is with me as things happen. Today, on Good Friday, many ask - "why is this called GOOD Friday when Jesus died horribly on the cross?" Well, I could ramble on in my way (see all my wordy entries where I think and share what I feel or pray LOL!) or I could quote some great depth by Nate.

"Death is usually not a welcome topic for people to think or even talk about.

Crucifixion is, by all accounts, one of the most painful and gruesome ways to end a life.

For those who knew and loved Christ, His death certainly had to seem like a hopeless and untimely end of the Messiah's journey.

Perhaps, there is no such thing as a "bad" situation in life. Certainly, there are poor choices we can make, but if God desire the "best" for our lives, isn't He willing and able to use each and every situation for "good"? He certainly turned Christ's death into the greatest good ever known to man...can't He also turn the "horrible" situations (even those that involve death) in my life into something good? And, maybe He doesn't actually "turn" those situations...maybe all along, they are good no matter what our human minds and emotions want to tell us.

God hasn't called us to worship Him despite our "bad" situation...He wants us to worship Him because of our "bad" situation. This is why today is "Good" Friday...not just because Christ rose from the dead three days later, but also because his death on the cross was, in and of itself, a good thing...the greatest thing."

You can find the rest of Nate's post here.

Thank you Nate for letting me put what really touched me on my blog entry. To Nate, and all of you, I hope today speaks to you, and leads you to a most Glorious, happy day, on Sunday, and all your days!!! :)