Holy Week

Many churches across the land will be observing Holy Week this week. It begins tomorrow (Palm Sunday). The story in the Bible begins with Jesus coming into the town on a donkey. People gathered together to welcome Him and sing praises to His name. As the events continued...........the opinions of those same people changed. They went from praising the Holy One to casting many hurtful words and wanting Him crucified because He didn't fit their idea of the Messiah. They wanted to see spectular things as if being presented by a magician. Jesus came to us a humble man. One not given to lavish displays of His power. When He spoke, the winds ceased and a sense of peace fell over all.

And so it went.........Jesus was crucified and placed in a tomb. He brought truth to His words 3 days later by rising from the grave and finishing the work He had been sent to do at that time. He ascended into Heaven to be with God. The truth of the matter is........are we any different from those that sing His praises when it suits our needs and turn our backs on Him when things don't go according to our plan? We must remember that He always has our best interests at heart. Whether we understand the outcome or not. It is not for us to know. There are many things we will never understand. The only thing He requires of us is to come to know Him as Lord and Savior. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Through Jesus and only Jesus, will we be allowed to enter into Heaven's Gates.

I encourage each of us during this upcoming week, to truly reflect on the events that led up to Christ's crucifixion. May we find ourselves in the place where God would have us to be. For if we are truly children of God, it will make the resurrection an even greater accomplishment today and all those years ago. Let not His death be in vain, let be a glorious and wondrous thing to proclaim. God loved us enough to send His only son to die for us so that we may live with Him in Heaven. What greater gift is there than that?

Much love to each of you!

Love in Christ,

Tina :-)