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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