How Much Longer will Good Friday be a Holiday
This post comes out of two seperate things that I have read in the last week or so about the Good Friday holiday. The first is from Think Christian entitled Good Friday - The Holiday that's Different. In that article they discuss the fact that Good Friday is a holiday that as yet has not been commercialized like Christmas and Easter has been.They give a good description of what Good Friday is:
Good Friday really does have a different feel, doesn’t it? It’s somber and reflective; there is a grand celebration on the horizon (this coming Sunday), but today is different. Today we don’t exchange gifts or buy cards. Today we reflect on the cost of our salvation.The other thing that I read the other day was a letter to the editor of our local paper. In it the person, a non-Christian, complained about being discrimated against because they were being forced to take the day off for Good Friday. They stated that since it has nothing to do with them what right does the government have make them miss a day of work.
Although this person probably does not represent the thinking of the majority of people, how long will it be before that line of thinking is mainstream? And when that happens will the Christian's then complain about descrimination because their holidays are not being represented in society?
And if we do complain will anyone listen?
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I am a full time volunteer with Reef to Outback - Youth With A Mission (YWAM) where I work in Communications and Information Technology. I am married to a wonderful wife, we have a five year old son and a one year old daughter.
