Referring the day Christians commemorate the death of Jesus as “Good” seems something of a misnomer. What could possibly be good about the execution of an innocent man? From the perspective from beneath the cross there can be nothing “good” only horror, agony, pain and death. As I see it the goodness is not in the events of the day but in the willingness in the goodness of God to give everything for us and to us. In spite of the magnitude of our sin and the distance that had grown between humanity and God, He reached out across the gap – reached out to hold once again the offer of relationship to us. The offer was not servitude and slavery to the rule bound traditions concocted by men, but a call into sonship and daughterhood – adoption. Parents are expected and have often forgiven their children the most serious breaches of trust and in spite of whatever they do they simply say “but, he/she is my child” and that defence is enough we can understand the passion and love and we hope that someone loves us to the same extent. There is! For God the Father loves us with an even stronger passion that nothing can separate us from, not even the execution of part of Himself. So call such a God good seems such a feeble attempt to express the size of His heart. For surely that kind of love is too big for us to comprehend. So how do you respond to the cross the love as red as the blood, the passion stronger than the hatred, or do you just unwrap another chocolate egg?