Reflections on Passion Week

When I reflect on Passion week, my mind automatically goes to what Jesus must have gone through during this last week before his sacrifice. What could he have felt when it seemed as if no one understood the meaning of what he had been chosen to do? How many times have we forgotten the reasons why he came to Earth...I know that I still have some ways to go before I feel that I'm fit to be in his kingdom. Yet the beauty of it is that I don't have to be perfect....In fact God accepted me and loved me while I was a sinner. It still amazes me.

I know that it is so easy to forget and go about a normal routine without thought. My senses were jarred recently when I took stock in what I was doing. I realized that in some profound ways I have grown. In other ways I am still struggling.

Jesus struggled too....He knows my struggles. I can come to him and confess my sins. I am saddened when I do see and hear the Scripture being butchered on television. I ache because the word is being distorted by those who want to profit from lies. I think about the lies told in the Passion story...lies that were revealed in time...

I rejoice in the risen Savior....Jesus Christ.