GOOD FRIDAY
Question of the day:
What does the “irony of the crucifixion” mean to you?

The supreme irony of the whole crucifixion scene is this: He who was everything had everything taken away from him. He who was King of Kings and Lord of Lords was crowned with thorns. All of the humanity to which he was brother was taken away from him and he walked the journey alone.

Jesus, the brother to creation, was nailed to the wood of the cross, his arms nailed open. He is the eternal sign of God to humans, yet his arms were nailed open because he said in his life three most dangerous words: “I love you.”

from Radical Grace: Daily Meditations, p. 139, day 150
Source: The Great Themes of Scripture