Loving Lord, You have risen with healing in your wings! You, our God, have once again spoken, this time by a Son … Father, forgive them … Father, into your hands … It has been accomplished! Then, on the third day, and the first day of the new creation, another Big Bang, as the second …
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For Holy Saturday
Loving Lord, In the darkness of that brutal Friday, You, the righteous One, took upon Yourself the full weight of the world’s Sin, the ruinous brokenness and lethal Consequences of it all, for us all. You took it all upon Yourself, and to The end remained Yourself–calling for, Surrendering to, resting in Your Abba, Caring …
A Barren Tree and a Barren Temple
Why did Jesus pick on the poor fig tree? Especially when it wasn’t time for figs to be ripe? Well, Mark tells us Jesus was hungry (Mark 11:12). Apparently, then, Jesus became “hangry?” He saw the leaves and went to see if by chance this tree fruited earlier than usual. Then, when it didn’t, Jesus …