Why is it "Good" Friday?

Today is Good Friday...

I have always wondered where the term came from, how could the day
 our Saviour was crucified be considered "good?"

One of the most commonly accepted reasons comes from the original
meaning of the word "good." Etymologically, the word good meant "Holy"
so in essence, you could say that Good Friday, originally meant "Holy
Friday." The Wednesday before Easter used to be referred to as "Good
Wednesday" as well.

So, Holy Friday.

Indeed it is.

But you could also say that it was Good Friday because it was good for
God's creation, which He originally called "Very Good" when He had
finished creating it, the "it" being mankind.

So while it was not good, or pleasant for Jesus, He did because of His
love for us. It doesn't get much more "good" than that.

John 15:13 Says this:

13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for
his friends.

Jesus laid down His precious life, then picked it up again three days
later, for us, that we might have a direct path to Him, so that when
the time came, as long as we accept Him, that we we might be able to
be with Him in glory.

It was Good Friday indeed, even though He suffered horribly for it and
for us.