It is Finished...

Today is Good Friday.  But I don't feel good.  Today I am reminded that it is because of my sins that Christ hung on the cross.  Beaten, broken, and bloody, Jesus hung there, waiting to die for me.  The devotion for today reminds us that even in Christ's last hours, he was caring for others.  He is concerned for the thief next to him.  He is concerned for his mother.  Ultimately though, he was concerned for each one of us.  As sinners, we have no place among God.  As we say on Sunday mornings, "we justly deserve your present and eternal punishment".  However, because Christ hung on that cross on Good Friday (and rose again, but we'll talk about that in a couple of days), we are able to come close to God.  So, while I don't feel "good" today, I can recognize that I am made good by what Christ did for me...for each of us.