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Friday, April 7, 2023

Holy Week / Good Friday (Seeking: Why have you forsaken me?)

to ask why

To ask why

is to break open your heart,

to pour yourself out,

to stare into

the gnawing emptiness

of the tomb,

to peel away

any layer of security,

to walk on fire,

and stand in the rain.

It’s talking about the bad dreams

after you’ve had them.

It’s courageous and vulnerable,

painful and necessary.

To ask why

is to declare

that God is God.

To ask why is to say,

be my God

even when,

especially when,

the world falls apart.

Poem by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed

reprinted with permission from A Sanctified Art

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