Good Friday

They do not know what they are doing. Lk. 23:34

The Romans condemned Jesus as a criminal 

The Sanhedrin condemned Him as a Blasphemer. 

He was scourged  till his back was one open wound. 

Crowned with thorns till blood flowed down his face. 

And His feet and hands were nailed to a cross;

As if that was not enough,

They mocked Him and rolled dice for His clothes. 

In the Face of this horrific suffering, Jesus said;

Forgive them!

Not only Forgive them;

But Jesus made excuses for their actions by saying;

They did not know what they were doing. 

Like a mother or father whose children do something wrong,

Their love is so great that not only do they want to forgive them,

But make an excuse that they did not know what they were doing. 

Is God not our Father?

Are we not His children?

Do we not sometimes say or do things

And not really realize what we were doing?

Caught up in our own prejudices and passions;

Addictions and anger and pride?

The foolishness of youth or the stubbornness of old age?

Jesus is so loving at those times that not only does He forgive us

But He makes an excuse for what we have done by saying,

That we did not really know what we were doing. 

If Jesus can make excuses for the things we have done;

Maybe once in awhile we too should make excuses for the things others have done. 

Because maybe;

They too did not know what they were doing !