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A Morning View By the Wood Stove

Have you ever planned a big event? The hours of planning, the attention to details and the desire for perfection have you focused and driven? The event happens with excitement and great success you do all of the finishing details and then it is over. There is a great contentment with the success of the event as well as a great pause for relief that the high energy can subside and you can take a breath and relax. 

Sometimes, the day after the big event can be a let down. You are happy that it is over, but sad that the peak of enjoyment and celebration is finished. Often there may even be a sense of depression that it has passed and pure physical exhaustion might settle in. 

I wonder what it was like for Jesus the Monday after Palm Sunday? 

“So Jesus came to Jerusalem and went into the Temple. After looking around carefully at everything, he left because it was late in the afternoon. Then he returned to Bethany with the twelve disciples. The next morning as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. He noticed a fig tree in full leaf a little way off, so he went over to see if he could find any figs. But there were only leaves because it was too early in the season for fruit. Then Jesus said to the tree, “May no one ever eat your fruit again!” And the disciples heard him say it.” - Mark 11:11-14 NLT

I am guessing that Jesus did not sleep well that night. Jesus had to continue from the excitement and celebration of Palm Sunday into Holy Week as we know it to carry out his purpose for redemption of the sins of the world. He spoke to the fig tree proclaiming that there was no other to come and that he himself is the Messiah the Redeemer of the world. He knew what was coming and chose to continue forward to save the world. He did not have time to refresh and relax after the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, he had to continue forward with his purpose. 

Friends, many thought the big event was Palm Sunday where in reality the biggest event of our lives came one week later. Journey with Jesus as we anticipate the coming of  the biggest event! 

Peace,
PB


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