Good Friday

The Garden of Gethsemane. This is the place, where the Son of God, suffered for our sins, pains, afflictions, and sorrows. He bled from every pore.

“At the last moment, He could have turned back. But He did not. He passed beneath all things that He might save all things. In doing so, He gave us life beyond this mortal existence. He reclaimed us from the Fall of Adam."-President Thomas S. Monson

{photo credit: Anthony Rivera}

He didn't give up. He suffered the Atonement {Gethsemane & Calvary} because He knew it was God's will. It was His mission in the life.

Photo looks from the Garden of Gethsemane to the temple

{Photo Credit: Anthony Rivera}

And finally His suffering at Calvary. My perfect brother, Jesus Christ, did this for me! He suffered all for me personally. I will be eternally indebted for His sacrifices.

"I think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross. On that terrible Friday the earth shook and grew dark. Frightful storms lashed at the earth.

Those evil men who sought His life rejoiced. Now that Jesus was no more, surely those who followed Him would disperse. On that day those men stood triumphant...

On that Friday the Apostles were devastated. Jesus, their Savior—the man who had walked on water and raised the dead—was Himself at the mercy of wicked men. They watched helplessly as He was overcome by His enemies.On that Friday the Savior of mankind was humiliated and bruised, abused and reviled. It was a Friday filled with devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and honored the Son of God.I think that of all the days since the beginning of this world’s history, that Friday was the darkest...."

"Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays.

But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come.No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, in this life or the next, Sunday will come."-Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin