Holy Week

it's what the church calls "holy week", this week is. It's pretty phenomenal when you think about it.

From the "hosannas" (lit. "please save us") of Palm Sunday when the crowds cheered Jesus' coming into Jerusalem, celebrated him like a member of the 1984 Detroit Tigers... to the awe of Maundy (lit. command) Thursday where Jesus lifted up bread and wine and instituted a new Holy meal of his own Body and Blood for us to partake in (thus the reason for the word "maundy" since Jesus gave the order to "do this in remembrance of me")... and then you've got Good Friday, that sad horrible day when we are confronted with how depraived we humans really are, that we could kill God, and yet still knowing that somehow it is "good" that God would use it to take our sin... and then Easter Sunday, that great celebration where we see Jesus vindicated, brought to a new life offering the same to all who would accept it.

All of that...in one little week. And with life still going full steam ahead, maybe we miss out on the significance of this week... the experience that God wants to give us.

I'm praying that God would allow me to take it all in, to receive this week's events with open arms, eyes, mind, and heart... i pray that God would do the same for you. There's nothing like this, don't let it pass you by