Day 14: Good Friday

I am not an overly religious person, but the story of Jesus' Passion is quite a compelling one, and I love how artists and writers have interpreted it with more insight and power than the church does. 



Gethsemane

This is the place 
where fear becomes too big for prayer.
This is the place 
where uncertainty must be faced alone, 
as friends sleep and the sword of betrayal 
draws near. 
This is the place
where faith falters and darkness rushes in
phantom-like. 
This is the place
where tears planted long before
begin to bloom and roses weep.

But this is the way it must be.