Very Good Friday

Jesus on the cross, courtesy of Allegra (the holders possibly a bit too cheerful for the subject).

But it has been a good day, at last we all actually got out. Went over the Lake to Monsaraz; good to see it with their eyes; mine tend to get a bit jaded. Extras of Deb with her camera, and a view of the town, after we'd watched the sun disappear over the horizon.

Lent verses were from Isaiah 52v13-53v12, written around 700 years before Jesus died: 
He was beaten, he was tortured,
   but he didn't say a word.
Like a lamb taken to be slaughtered
   and like a sheep being sheared,
   he took it all in silence.
Justice miscarried, and he was led off - 
   and did anyone really know what was happening?
He died without a thought for his own welfare,
   beaten bloody for the sins of my people.

Gratefuls:
- Sam finding the wallet he thought he'd lost
- an Easter gift from Margareth and Goran
- the kids handling well the disappointment of no room at Sem Fim

and Jesus, of course.