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So many Good Fridays have come and gone.
I've been trying to imagine the state of the disciples. What were they thinking, feeling, doing? Here are some questions I thought of - please add your own in the comments.
1. Mary did you consider recanting the Magnificat?
2. Did any of you throw up your last supper?
3. Did any of you go out looking for Judas for a little
Galilean justice?
4. Did your hearts feel as empty on Friday as he carried the
cross out of Jerusalem as they had felt full when the donkey carried Jesus into
Jerusalem?
5. Did you regret falling asleep while he prayed or were
you sorry you ever woke up?
6. How long until you could look each other in the eye?
7. Who was the first to suggest a “plan B”?
8. What were the last words you remembered him saying to
you? What was the last thing you said to
him?
9. Did you wet yourself every time someone knocked on the
door of the place you were hiding?
10. What made you stick around the city? Fear, faith or shock?
11. How hard was it to find someone to hide you? Did people suddenly act like they didn’t know
you?
12. Who blamed whom first?
13. Did you give Peter the silent treatment? Did you mock him for his “great confession”
at Caesarea Philippi? Did he tell you all that night about his
fireside denial?
14. Who cried the most?
15. Could any of you touch bread or wine that
weekend? Could you even look at them on
the table without feeling sick or crying uncontrollably?
16. Collectively, how many times did you ask, “Why?”
17. How many of you considered doing what Judas did?
18. Did Peter moan out loud every time a rooster crowed
nearby?
19. Did you men marvel at the capacity of the women to
keep going in the midst of their mourning?
20. Did any of you ask, “If a man dies, will he live again?”
I've got a lot to learn but I think asking questions will help me get there.
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