WHY IS IT CALLED GOOD FRIDAY?

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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WHY IS IT CALLED GOOD FRIDAY?

First Spring Flowers In My Yard!  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

GOOD FRIDAY is an expression peculiar to the English language.  It's called Karfreitag in German.  "Kar" is an obsolete word - the ancestor of the English word "care" - as in cares and woes.  It meant mourning.   In German -- it is MOURNING FRIDAY.  

The disciples mourned on the day Jesus Christ was crucified.  They thought all was lost...but then came the resurrection!  


Perhaps we call it GOOD FRIDAY because the crucifixion of Jesus on a cross brought about the greatest gift to mankind: salvation.  

First Spring Flowers In My Yard!  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

First Spring Flowers In My Yard!  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

First Spring Flowers In My Yard!  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

First Spring Flowers In My Yard!  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

First Spring Flowers In My Yard!  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

First Spring Flowers In My Yard!  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

 

 "Good Friday"

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http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dr-james-emery-white/good-friday-2014.html 

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 Resurrection 

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http://www.crosswalk.com/special-coverage/easter/christs-resurrection-vs-those-of-other-gods.html 

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 The Weak Duck:  A Single Mom's Easter Lesson

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A Radical View On Women 

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Why It Matters That Women Discovered the Empty Tomb

http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/christian-trends/why-it-matters-that-women-discovered-the-empty-tomb.html 

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The Intensity of Christ's LOVE

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http://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/the-intensity-of-christ-s-love-and-the-intentionality-of-his-death.html

 

First Spring Flowers In My Yard!  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Easter Articles & Devotionals 

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Happy Easter!

We can rest in the finished work of CHRIST

who said, "It is finished."

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http://www.gotquestions.org/it-is-finished.html

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Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/