The coming of Spring and “the events we remember and honor during Holy Week,” leading to “a joyous story on Easter morning,” were the subjects of Randy Krzmarzick’s Good Friday column (4/3/26). I liked his choice of the words from John 1:1-5. He particularly referred to verse 5: “And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness has not overcome it,” stating that the darkness of Good Friday did not diminish the light of Jesus.

Toward the end of his column Randy wrote: “Life here is always a paradox. Imperfect people created by a perfect God.”

In the beginning God did create two perfect people. God said, “Let us make man in our image in our likeness.”(Genesis 1:26). God is holy, without sin. Adam and Eve were also without sin in a perfect world to begin with. The pronouns “us” and “our” include Jesus as “the Word” referenced in John 1:l

“who became flesh” (John 1:14), and the Holy Spirit (see Genesis 1:2 and Psalm 104:30) as well as God, the Father of Jesus. Three persons; one God.

Adam and Eve were perfect, but they were not puppets. God gave them the ability to make choices — a free will. They became imperfect, along with all of creation, when they disobeyed God. (Genesis 2 and 3) But God’s love prevailed. “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.” (I Thessalonians 4: 9-10) Life here is now a walk of faith in God’s promises — “being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1)

Trudy Madetzke

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