"Just Days Before ..."

We aren't quite there yet, are we?   The palms and hosannas as we remember Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and the passion of Holy Week will soon be upon us, but we aren't quite there.  For now, we are just days away from Palm Sunday.  May God give you strength to journey through these last days of Lent and an open heart to experience all that Holy Week will bring your way.  Let us join together and pray for our pastors, worship teams and leaders, and all in music ministry who clear a path to Jerusalem for each of us even if their own palm branches are a little bent or broken by now.    anna

Along the way,
sitting in the dirt
by the side
of a well-travelled road,
a blind man shouts,
“I want to see”
and there is healing …
yes, there is sight.

THIS IS THE DAY
THAT THE LORD HAS MADE

In the fields
on the outskirts
of Jerusalem,
a weary one sighs
and whispers,
“You are my God.”
Bending down,
he picks up a palm branch…
broken and bent,
much like his spirit.
For that reason alone,
he holds onto it,
dragging the branch along
as he walks,
making what looks like
to anyone else
a path
in the dirt
outside of Jerusalem.

THIS IS THE DAY
THAT THE LORD HAS MADE

There is a growing crowd,
whispering,
murmuring,
shouting,
hopeful,
angry,
confused ....
waiting and watching
for a messiah.

THIS IS THE DAY
THAT THE LORD HAS MADE

Among those
in the crowd,
is the one with the
bent branch
and the broken spirit.
Yes, caught up in the crowds,
I can be found ...
and you as well,
tightly holding onto
our own palm branch.

We wait …
for some unknown reason
we wait.

The path
into Jerusalem
remains,
drawn in the dirt
by a palm branch.

Why are we waiting?

Shhh…
THIS IS THE DAY
THAT THE LORD HAS MADE