This week…

This week begins what many Christians refer to as Holy Week.  My hope is that we would come to see this week as holy for many reasons.  This week was lived out in the shadow of the cross.  This week held many more questions for Christ-followers than it did answers.  The Resurrection is ahead, but let us not skip past this week.  This week wherever we find the reality of our lives, we can also find our story lived out this week by the Apostle Peter:

Some of us in ignorance are swearing that we will never deny Him.

Some of us are fighting in our own strength, spilling other’s blood.

Some are deeply confused as Jesus washes our feet.

Some feel dejected and abandoned.

Some are denying Him.

Wherever we find ourselves, may we see this week in the shadow of the cross.  This week is not the end of the journey, but it is a sacred space along the path.