As we enter into Palm Sunday the question on my mind is, "What are you doing during this upcoming Passion Week?"
This type of question always enters my mind during significant seasons... certainly the holiday season surrounding the birth of Christ. Which also leads into the New Year.
When Spring comes I ponder new life, which leads me to the Easter season.
And here I am today wondering, thinking, meditating upon Passion Week.
Passion Week (also known as Holy Week) is the time from Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday (Resurrection Sunday).
Passion Week is so named because of the passion with which Jesus willingly went to the cross in order to pay for the sins of His people. It is described in Matthew chapters 21-27; Mark chapters 11-15; Luke chapters 19-23; and John chapters 12-19. Passion Week begins with the triumphal entry on Palm Sunday on the back of a colt as prophesied in Zechariah 9:9-10.
So here we are, the week is upon us.
What am I going to do with this week? What are YOU going to do with this week?
Well for me, I'm going to spend some time reading through the Passion Week passages I mentioned earlier. Letting those sink in, trying to place myself there... in the midst of it all.
I think of Jesus cleansing the Temple for the second time (Luke 19:45-46)
Causing me to reflect on what needs to be "cleansed" from my own life?
Well that takes on many forms doesn't it?
From attitudes, to speech, to the conversations I allow myself to enter to, the images I've allowed myself to see, all the way to the food I consume.
I think of the time and purpose Jesus spent in the Garden of Gethsemane. (Matthew 26:36-46)
Creating a longing in me to pray, to cry out to my Lord and Savior.
Other ways I engage in this upcoming involve reading accompanying materials, watching films/documentaries related to this season.
Finding a Seder Meal service to be a part of and/or a Good Friday Service.
Culminating with an Easter Celebration Service.
So how about you?
What are you going to do this Passion Week?
Let me and others know.........
May this be a season of reflection and celebration
