Scripture

He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Isaiah 53:7 NLT

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13 NIV).

“It is finished” (John 19:30 NIV).

“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46 NIV).

Meditation

Jesus died. He died. Our greatest fear is death. The only way for Jesus to overcome death was to go through it. His physical body stopped working. His friends watched him die.

How are we affected by the death of Jesus and the death of others we know?

How has our way of life died? How has our social circle died? What in this story gives us hope because this is not the last station? Does our story end in death?

Action

Is there a loss in your own life that you are grieving? Take a minute and acknowledge the loss, name the grief, let it come out of the shadows and into the light ~ don’t deny it or try and push it away ~ give yourself permission to grieve.