A Good, New Life

When I was a little girl, I was always bothered that we call today “Good Friday”. It seemed wrong to call it “good” – what Jesus suffered on that day.


But “Good Friday” is the right name. We had nothing good to offer, and our lack of goodness was killing us. Goodness Himself came and did the greatest thing anyone had ever, could ever, would ever do in all of history and throughout all of eternity. He did it for us.

That’s the standard of “good” – Jesus. His perfect sacrifice.

And now we can have goodness, a new life. A good, new life.



One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people ever lived on their own.

Because of this decision we don't evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don't look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons!

Look at it!

(excerpted from 2 Corinthians 5, The Message)


Ambushed by God and given a good, new life,
Kimberly