Monday of Holy Week
Holy Week… Monday, April 02 2007
Hello, families!
I hope sincerely that you’ve had a blessed Lenten journey this year. We have arrived at a time of transition. Yesterday was Palm Sunday… a joyous, happy day to celebrate the arrival of life’s King.
And now, just as you and I hit the work-week again on another Monday morning, Jesus has hit the work-week’s journey to the cross. Surely, I mean, SURELY, Jesus wasn’t fooled by the Palm Sunday reception. He knew what was in store for the coming week. A grueling routine of angry religious leaders and hard teachings for the followers. But maybe with the echoing memory of the multitudes singing, “Hosanna! Blessings on the king who comes…” Jesus was better able to face the week and walk straight ahead. What echoes do you hear at the beginning of the week?
What echoes do you hear at the beginning of the week? Can you hear the echo of God’s love in the hardest of days? Have you listened for those divine words of truth, “God is love.” If you concentrate hard enough you might hear Jesus on the cross saying, “Forgive them…”
As we start a week’s worth of remembering the path to the cross amid life’s daily frustrations and pains, let’s hear those echoes. I don’t know what you have happening in your life this week, but let the divine song drown it out and weaken fatique’s hold on you.
Within and among your family, speak echo-worthy truths… tell one another of your love for each other. Speak the truth of what you see good happening in the lives of each.
Share the words of today’s psalm selection, Psalm 36:5-10 (NLT)… let these words echo in your hearts…
5 Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
You, LORD, preserve both people and animals.
7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!
People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast on the abundance of your house;
you give them drink from your river of delights.
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
10 Continue your love to those who know you,
your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Have a blessed Monday of Holy Week!
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