-- U.M. Bishop Robert
Schnase, from his blog The Five
Practices of Fruitful Congregations
#2962
Friday, April 6, 2012
"IT IS FINISHED"
Among
the last words Jesus spoke from the cross were, “It is finished.” How you say
this phrase makes all the difference. Inflection, tone, and emphasis change the
meaning. Was it spoken in despair and resignation, with a tone of defeat as if
all had been lost or empty or without meaning? If so, it points to death. Or
was the sentence spoken with the flourish of an artist putting the final
touches on a masterpiece? With this inflection, the statement speaks of
completeness, fullness, richness. It points to life.
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