Friday's good 'cause Sunday's coming!! Happy Holy Week and Easter Weekend, friends. What a special, sacred week it truly has been. I often find it hard to wrap my mind around the true magnitude of this week. My level of understanding and gratitude never feels enough for the ultimate sacrifice made by our Lord Jesus Christ. If it did, I would never pay any mind to the ebbs and flows of my own little world. How insignificant and irrelevant they truly are. Flawed and imperfect though we are, His love is boundless and He never leaves us. He also has a way of always reining me back in when I need it. Just last night, I was riding through some waves of anger and resentment from one of those situations where you just find it really difficult to find forgiveness. I'm mulling over my thoughts as you do and typically the longer that goes on, the more worked up and upset I become.
Sometime after, the story of Judas came up on my TikTok feed. If you know the story, you know Judas betrayed Jesus for thirteen pieces of silver after The Last Supper. Despite knowing this betrayal was coming, Jesus still ate with and washed the feet of all of His disciples- even Judas. How many of us can say we would or even could act in alignment with this? Despite still holding my emotions, He immediately helped to shift my perspective and turn my focus on Him. My "troubles" and feelings suddenly seemed so silly.
"A little more like Jesus, a little less like me." It is something I constantly fight and challenge myself on and yet I still often fail. Sometimes making light of trivial moments and reminding myself of Matthew 5:39 helps, other times I'm the one who needs forgiveness.
Holy Week has given me this wonderful reminder of Jesus' selfless love and how He cares for us. How grateful I am for His help and the sacrifice he made for our salvation. Like in Matthew 18:12-14, He too will leave the ninety-nine to come find the one. There have been times in my own life where I've experienced feeling completely alone except for the presence of Jesus and God. He has yet to fail me in a time of need and will always work things out for you if you let Him.
I wanted to spend a little time in today's post reflecting on my thoughts about the week and wishing you a Happy Easter weekend. I hope you get to spend some special time with your loved ones!
"Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen." Luke 24:5-6
