Guess what? It snowed a little bit today. Here we are getting close to Easter, and we have winter and spring fighting it out to see who will prevail on that day when we celebrate Christ's resurrection.
We're just about a week away from holy week. Holy week celebrates the week which began with Jesus entering Jerusalem on the donkey, and ends with Jesus' lifeless body in the sealed tomb, being watched over by soldiers. The new week begins with lots of fear and trembling, as strange events seem to take place near that tomb, which is suddenly empty, and amid scattered reports of people seeing Jesus alive and well.
Right now, I find myself in the proverbial "eye of the storm." Next week will see a frenzy of worship times, of different events to prepare for Christ's death and resurrection (such as two Passover seders), and of messages to give to God's people as we gather to observe those crucial events on the way to the cross. It's crazy and frenetic, and yet, I also wouldn't trade it for the world.
That's because those events point to something far greater than you and I, but which have a tremendous amount of impact for you and I as people. To think that some person's death on a cross outside of Jerusalem could purchase forgiveness and freedom for you and I seems crazy, to say the least. And yet, that far-distant action has immediate, life-long application to the life you and I now live. We never escape its reach.
So bring on the frenzy and the various events. But more importantly, God, bring on the great gifts of grace that You freely give us now because of those events almost 2,000 years ago. Let those gifts flow abundantly to us, and let them overflow in our lives, so that they spill over and splash those around us.
We're just about a week away from holy week. Holy week celebrates the week which began with Jesus entering Jerusalem on the donkey, and ends with Jesus' lifeless body in the sealed tomb, being watched over by soldiers. The new week begins with lots of fear and trembling, as strange events seem to take place near that tomb, which is suddenly empty, and amid scattered reports of people seeing Jesus alive and well.
Right now, I find myself in the proverbial "eye of the storm." Next week will see a frenzy of worship times, of different events to prepare for Christ's death and resurrection (such as two Passover seders), and of messages to give to God's people as we gather to observe those crucial events on the way to the cross. It's crazy and frenetic, and yet, I also wouldn't trade it for the world.
That's because those events point to something far greater than you and I, but which have a tremendous amount of impact for you and I as people. To think that some person's death on a cross outside of Jerusalem could purchase forgiveness and freedom for you and I seems crazy, to say the least. And yet, that far-distant action has immediate, life-long application to the life you and I now live. We never escape its reach.
So bring on the frenzy and the various events. But more importantly, God, bring on the great gifts of grace that You freely give us now because of those events almost 2,000 years ago. Let those gifts flow abundantly to us, and let them overflow in our lives, so that they spill over and splash those around us.
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