Reading : John 18:1-19:42
We have meditated this week on various aspects of our environment and our relationship through Christ to them, and today on Good Friday, we read that Jesus is crucified on pieces of wood chopped from an ordinary tree.
Christ died on a tree.
Think for a few moments today about whether, or not, the person who grew and chopped down that tree knew it would be used for such a crucifixion. Were the foresters and carpenters blindly following orders? Were they participating in that industry simply to turn a profit?
How often do we participate in systems and follow the commands of superiors and the crowd without questioning the end results of our actions?
How often do we act unthinkingly, as we chop down forests without accounting for the ecosystems that live within them, create mountains of waste instead of recycling, buy products from the shops without questioning their origins and the bi-products of their development, and mine for precious minerals, leaving lands clear-cut and eroding away.
In what ways are we inadvertently, or purposefully, crucifying the world around us?
Do we really ‘know not what’ we do?
As we look toward Easter Sunday, how might Christ desire us to become more aware of the ways we affect His world? How might Christ desire us to help resurrect it?
Prayer:
Oh Lord, we know not what we do. Father, forgive. Amen.
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