Holy Week Beginning

Yesterday began a very sacred and holy week. It was Palm Sunday and began the momentous occasion of our Lord's last week on this earth. Palm Sunday is to remember and recount his entrance into Jerusalem.

He began his last week by coming to Jerusalem. He rode in humbly on a donkey and the people laid palm leaves on the ground for him to walk on. I find it interesting how he rode in on a donkey. It reminded me immediately of how Mary rode a donkey while she held Jesus inside of her womb. As he came into the city, people waved branched, laid down their coats, and yelled "Hoseanna!," as our Savior entered in. They needed to be saved and were yearning for someone to save them.

They would soon find out that he would indeed not be the king that they had hoped. He would soon die an unbelievable death and their hopes of a mighty king, in their eyes, would die.

What they didn't see was how his dying on the cross would save and give life to so many.

His death saved me and continues to save.

Every day I'm given life because of his death.

I'm in awe as I write, 

but read the account of his humbled entrance.

1 As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.2 "Go into the village over there," he said. "As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to me.3 If anyone asks what you are doing, just say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will immediately let you take them."
4 This took place to fulfill the prophecy that said,

  5 "Tell the people of Jerusalem,*
  'Look, your King is coming to you.
He is humble, riding on a donkey—
  riding on a donkey's colt.'"*

  6 The two disciples did as Jesus commanded.7 They brought the donkey and the colt to him and threw their garments over the colt, and he sat on it.*
  8 Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.9 Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting,

"Praise God* for the Son of David!
  Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD!
  Praise God in highest heaven!"*

  10 The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. "Who is this?" they asked.
  11 And the crowds replied, "It's Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."
(Matthew 21)