{"id":4430,"date":"2026-04-03T03:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4430"},"modified":"2026-03-31T23:38:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:38:56","slug":"when-the-noise-goes-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/when-the-noise-goes-silent\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Noise Goes Silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday, April 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When the Noise Goes Silent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, \u201cIt is finished!\u201d And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.\u00a0 \u2013<\/em> <strong>John 19:30, NKJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today marks Good Friday, and as a follower of Christ even though the cheers are gone, the palm branches are gone, and the crowd that once shouted \u201cHosanna\u201d has turned away today is still a good day!<\/p>\n<p>Good Friday is where everything comes into focus. The same King who entered into celebration now endures suffering. The same Savior who was praised is now rejected. And we don\u2019t mourn, we celebrate because we know this was always the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Good Friday reminds us: Jesus didn\u2019t lose. He chose.<\/p>\n<p>He chose the cross.<\/p>\n<p>He chose the nails.<\/p>\n<p>He chose you.<\/p>\n<p>In what looked like defeat, He was securing victory over sin, death, and the grave. This serves as a reminder for us today and always, when life gets quiet\u2026 when prayers feel unanswered\u2026 when hope feels distant\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Will you still believe?<\/p>\n<p>Because the truth is:<\/p>\n<p>Silence doesn\u2019t mean God is absent.<\/p>\n<p>It often means He\u2019s doing His deepest work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong> <em>Jesus, thank You for the cross. Thank You for choosing love even when it cost everything. When I don\u2019t understand, help me trust. When I feel weak, remind me of Your sacrifice. I give You my life again today. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, April 3 When the Noise Goes Silent So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, \u201cIt is finished!\u201d And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.\u00a0 \u2013 John 19:30, NKJV Today marks Good Friday, and as a follower of Christ even though the cheers are gone, the palm branches are gone, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4431,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430\/revisions\/4431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}