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Spring has arrived here in Kentucky. Vibrant green fields are sprinkled with wildflowers in brilliant shades of purple. I'm told they're weeds, but it doesn't detract from their beauty. Meanwhile, the trees are budding with with the stunning pastels of dogwoods, cherry blossoms, and red buds. Even the maples and oaks are starting to show signs of life with tiny sprouts of foliage. Accentuating this scene yesterday was the sapphire sky and an early sunset that cast a harmonious golden hue over the landscape on my drive home. It was the most perfect scene for a Palm Sunday.
Except when I looked at it, I was reminded that the original Palm Sunday of Holy Week also seemed perfect with people lining the streets shouting "Hosanna," and proclaiming Jesus as their King. Then came the last supper, the betrayal, the weeping in the garden, the suffering, the darkness, and the death.
The week between Palm Sunday and Easter was one of waiting, and hurting. What started as an incredible high ended in a gut wrenching low. There was betrayal and heartbreak. There was pain and uncertainty. There was fear. There were tears and shattered dreams. Things we are too familiar with on this side of eternity.
So many people enter Holy Week facing uncertain circumstances. Waiting for the diagnosis, the job offer, the financial opportunity to come through. Waiting for healing, and mended dreams. Waiting for restoration and the unspoken prayer request to be answered. So much waiting. So much uncertainty, and yet so much hope.
Hope because Sunday is coming. Hope because the grave is empty. Hope because our Savior is alive. He has conquered death. He has overcome the grave. He is our living, breathing, miracle-performing Savior. The power that raised him from the dead is alive and active and pierces through the darkness to change our circumstances, bring us comfort, and offer us peace the surpasses all understanding.
Just like the first Holy Week there's much uncertainty ahead. So many lives will look completely different next week. There will be highs and lows. Laughter and pain. Joy and sorrow. But no matter what lies ahead, we can face it with hope and certainty because IT. IS. FINISHED and Jesus is Lord.
"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, or mourning or crying or pain for the old order has passed away. He who was seated on the throne, said 'I am making everything new!" - Revelation 21: 4-5
May that be our strength, our hope, our joy, and our battle cry as we wait to meet him face to face!
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