As we move from the celebration of Palm Sunday into our work week- the Bible reveals the details of Holy Week and the days that preceded Jesus' death, burial and resurrection... Whatever the normal devotional process is this week, let me encourage you to suspend that and to read each account of this week in parallel, by event or day starting with His triumphal entry into the city on Palm Sunday. The accounts read fast in small bites and reveal slight nuances and distinctions that are fascinating and can be very personal. It is striking to think that in a few short days, palm branches and shouts of "Hosanna!" could become "Crucify him". He would stretch out nail pierced hands and redeem us with His life and three days later rise to punctuate "it is finished" forever, for us. As we read through those accounts this week, let's start each of the few minutes with our palms up, inviting His Spirit to show us more of His Passion for us.

The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,

“Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!”

John 12:12