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On October 27, 2018, once more our nation exhaled a collective gasp when news broke of another senseless mass shooting – this time in Pittsburg, PA. On that day Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life Jewish Synagogue and sprayed his bullet-shaped vitriol into the congregants as they worshiped together. Eleven died from his murderous rampage. Bowers, wounded in a shootout with law enforcement officials, was taken to Allegheny General Hospital. It was there that something additionally nonsensical happened.

Recently I had a truly once in a lifetime experience. I attended my 50th high school reunion. Even though I took the time to study classmates’ pictures in my 12th grade yearbook prior to the event, in many cases it was not until I heard the name or saw it on a nametag that I saw that 12th grade face hiding inside their cheekbones. Between pounds, gray hair, and no hair, Father Time had brought about many changes. Some classmates could have been in a one-person lineup and I still would not have been able to pick them out successfully.

April is here, and with it comes more and more evidences that Spring has sprung and that Easter is not far away. With Easter approaching I was reminded of an experience I had on Good Friday morning several years ago. As I awoke that morning my mind was on the events which had occurred roughly 2000 years earlier. When I sat down for my morning devotion, I decided to read through the biblical account of the Easter narrative. I wanted to be reminded afresh of every detail regarding all that Jesus had experienced on my behalf on that day which for Him was anything but good.