Messiness in Holy Week ~ Jeff Key

Staff, April 1, 2021

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world;  but that the world through Him might be saved" ~John 3:16-17

Those two verses kind of sum up Jesus life and death here on Earth. He was sent by the Father to take away our sins and the Father didn’t limit that to a few select people—that promise was and is given to everyone. We started to walk with Jesus on His journey to the cross this past Palm Sunday and will continue to go with Him to His death and glorious resurrection on Easter Sunday. Whatever we think about the last days of Jesus life, it was the Father’s love for us that sent Him to us.  That makes things messy for me—How could God the Father love us more than His own Son?  Maybe that’s not the right question, maybe a better question is, why don’t we love Jesus more than we love ourselves sometimes? See Jesus came to save us.  He is the path to the Father—whatever happened in the last days of His life happened to make salvation possible for all of us. We don’t need to dwell on the messiness of the next few days—we need to concentrate on the one clear truth of Jesus life—He was born and died to save all of us from our sins. He blazed an unmistakable path to his Father’s glorious place in Heaven for all. Let us put the messiness aside and concentrate on the Easter message—He is Risen!!!—He is Risen, Indeed!!  All_ _ _...Sorry that word is for Sunday and we all know what happens after we say it All_ _ _..., WE RING BELLS LOUD AND CLEAR FOR ALL TO HEAR!!!!—Goodbye messiness—hope you stay buried or hidden for a good long while!!!!!!!!

Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your love and thank You for sending Jesus to save us. Help us be messengers of the Easter proclamation to the ends of the earth and to use whatever abilities You have given us to spread Your message of love and forgiveness far and wide. Give us ears to hear, eyes to see, and hands to hold the needs of the members of Your family here on earth. Amen.