Day Seventeen // March 8 // The Pierced Side “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” – Khalil Gibran –
On the cross, with arms outstretched and head crowned with mocking thorns, our Lord bowed His head in reverent prayer. And died. For you. And for me. He surrendered His life in stunning obedience that we might glimpse the extraordinary love of the Almighty. But even in death, His torment was not complete. The soldiers had orders. They had a mission to see accomplished. They had a job to see complete: Death. Lifeless and forlorn, the body of our Savior hung suspended halfway between the heavens above and the earth He came to save below. It was finished… but who could be sure? Certainty was what the governor
