Monday 6 April 2020

COVID-19, Monday, April 6, 2020


Dear Church Family,

We are entering the “hardest, saddest week” of all time.  That’s what the president of the US has said. It’s also what scripture says.  This is Holy Week, the week leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus.  In my daily messages this week, we will be walking with Jesus as he draws closer to the cross. The chronology in the four gospels differs on some details, but that’s ok.

Yesterday Jesus rode into Jerusalem and then went to the temple.  The Gospel of Mark (11:11) says that he looked around at everything and then went home because it was late. It was the next day, Monday, when he went into the temple courts and threw over the tables of the flea market vendors.
On Sunday, Jesus may have smiled sadly.  On Monday, he is angry. But his anger was calculated, measured, intentional and well-placed.  He had seen how his Father’s house had become a den of thieves.  And then he had waited until the next day to deal with it, and deal with it he did!

You have probably had days when you could celebrate, or at least smile. But you’ve probably also been angry – angry at the closing of our parks, angry at those who aren’t doing the physical distancing, angry at a Louisiana Pastor who still hold services at his church building. Maybe you’ve even been angry at God. Jesus understands.

Yes, this may be the hardest and saddest week in terms of the COVID crisis.  Ironic, isn’t it, that it happens during Holy Week, truly the hardest and saddest week of all time.
Pastor Rita

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