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Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote a poem honoring the heroics of the British light cavalry at the Battle of Balaciava in the Crimean War. The poem, titled The Charge of the Light Brigade, has become an epic, not only for its wording but also because it recounts the discipline of soldiers who went forth in a suicidal charge. The men did not question their orders; they followed the commands given to them. Perhaps the best known and most often repeated line of the poem is, "Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred."
On Good Friday we read from Isaiah that Jesus is "like a lamb led to the slaughter." Reflecting on the events of Thursday and the agony of Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, he did not want to accept his calling. Yet, as an obedient servant of God he followed the path that was placed before him.
This Good Friday we must reflect upon the truth that in our witness for Jesus, it may often mean to ride into the valley of death.
On Good Friday we read from Isaiah that Jesus is "like a lamb led to the slaughter." Reflecting on the events of Thursday and the agony of Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, he did not want to accept his calling. Yet, as an obedient servant of God he followed the path that was placed before him.
This Good Friday we must reflect upon the truth that in our witness for Jesus, it may often mean to ride into the valley of death.
