Not so Good Friday!

My earliest recollection of the Easter season was when I was maybe 5 years old and there was this big deal been made about a certain Good Friday.
So there I have was,all two and half feet of me,eyes drawn up at the cutest angle you'll ever see,asking my mum what all the fuss was about this particularly good Friday.
  And she answered me,half her mind on my question and the other half on the lovely fish stew she was conjuring up "You know what dear?It's the day Jesus was killed!". I'm like....................oooookkkkkkk!
Was this Jesus a bad man?I asked innocently.
No.Infact,he was a rather good man.
 I'm sure you can understand my fear and trepidation of been called a good boy from then on!
Another Easter session has slowly but surely crept up on us again(especially for those of us too lazy and food-loving to observe the fast that precedes it) and with it all the possible human lessons to be learnt.
The most fascinating character in this story for me has to be the much villified Judas;a man who's name has become synonymous with betrayal and evil.
Blackberry dp's that bore pictures of half clad people and lewd jokes just yesterday have since changed to pictures of our Lord Jesus Christ at the moments of his travail and crucifixion,with accompanying pm's like "Judas,all these for a few coins!" and "Shame on you Judas!".
I find it interesting that prior to the last supper and the events thereafter,there was never a mention of Mr Iscariot.
 For all we know,Judas might have been a mild-mannered bloke who never bothered nobody,with a little house in a nice part of town and a well maintained donkey to carry him about.
  But he,like many of us have and will continue to,fell prey to the lure of filthy lucre !
Let us all remember,in our private and public lives,that whenever we drop our principles or lower set standards in exchange for money,we have all done just as bad as dear Mr J. Iscariot.
For the politician who embezzles public fund meant for hospitals,Judas is thy name.
For the judge who keeps striking out cases against well known corruptionistas,thieves and murderers in exchange for bribes,you are no better than the man who led Christian slaughter!
And for those of you/us who plan to spend all of tonight partying like Pontius Pilate was coming to town tomorrow to seize all the beer ,let us remember that the day is good in name only!
  P.S:This has to be the first Good Friday public holiday I have seen in Nigeria.
Way to go Uncle Jonah.At least if you can't do much good,you can give them a holiday,right?