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I found out that to follow Christ', I need to carry the cross as well. It is hard & heavy but I have to believe that I can. For He said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

So we may say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" Hebrews 3:5, 6

And some of you had written me telling that you have had problems too. And it's one thing we all share. We all have problems. We only differ in how we face them. Few are strong. Some are doing fine. And probably, a lot are weak.

We just need to believe that God will help us. That God will never give us problems that we cannot solve. We should ask Him all the time for answers through prayers. And since He created us, He knows our needs even before we ask Him. And He will provide them in time of His choosing. Just have faith and be strong and be patient.

So, we do need God. And I've heard that God is Good. Amen.

- Joe aka Kris Kros

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Why do we call it ‘Good’ Friday?

Calling the day of the Crucifixion ‘Good’ Friday is a designation that is peculiar to the English language. In German, for example, it is called Karfreitag. The Kar part is an obsolete word, the ancestor of the English word care in the sense of cares and woes, and it meant mourning. So in German, it is Mourning Friday. And that is what the disciples did on that day—they mourned. They thought all was lost.

I’ve read that the word good used to have a secondary meaning of holy, but I can’t trace that back in my etymological dictionary. There are a number of cases in set phrases where the words God and good got switched around because of their similarity. One case was the phrase God be with you, which today is just good-bye. So perhaps Good Friday was originally God’s Friday. But I think we call it Good Friday because, in pious retrospect, all that tragedy brought about the greatest good there could be.

I can see virtue in either terminology. If we call it Mourning Friday, as in German, we are facing reality head on, taking up the cross if you will, fully conscious that the Christian walk is seldom a walk in the park. But if we call it Good Friday, as in English, we are confessing the Christian hope that no tragedy—not even death—can overwhelm God’s providence, love, and grace. Either way seems fine to me!

from Ken Collins' Web Site

Taken on: March 15, 2008

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