Does that mean we should celebrate the DEATH of Jesus? Celebrate the horrific inhumanities He suffered on the cross? Celebrate the treachery and betrayal that led up to it? Celebrate, if you will... sin?

Perhaps. Perhaps we, as those who have reaped the benefit of the tragedy of the cross and find eternal life in the glory of Easter, should do just that! Perhaps we should celebrate an all-powerful and awesome God who can take such wretchedness and bring glory! Perhaps we should celebrate the obedience of the Lord, who willingly took that upon himself for us....... for us. For you, for me, for all those in the world who still really don't care that He did so, and.... perhaps.... never will.

As we go through this Lenten season, perhaps we should use this time as we use the advent season, to announce not the wonder of the birth, but the glory of the death of the Savior. Is it such an unusual idea?

Think about it..... should we not be celebrating the love of a God who sent His ONLY son to DIE...... FOR US?

In the glory of the resurrection, let us not forget the glory of the death. Let us not forget the willingness of the one, the ONLY one not deserving of the death, who embraced it gladly. Let us remember the wonder of the words of Jesus, " Father, forgive them...". Let us never forget that it could have been..... should have been...... us.

So, should Lent be a time of Celebration?

Perhaps?