Good Friday and The Act of Love

Today I realized it was Good Friday. I thought about the Stations of the Cross and how much Jesus suffered and how his family, friends and followers suffered too.. Most likely some that witnessed this brutality were deeply affected.
For the first time, I am choosing to focus on all that deep deep love that Jesus Christ has for us. Jesus saw something in us that many of us do not see in ourselves, our birthright of being deeply loved. In my religion I was raised to believe that we are made in the image and likeness of God. Surely this makes us deeply sacred and lovable. For the first time I see Good Friday as a sacred day with the focus on love not suffering.