While we were still sinners
Jesus' step-by-step journey to Golgotha is a glowing revelation of the extent of his love. He loved us "to the uttermost" in going all the way to the cross for us, with every bruise, every puncture, and throb and stab of pain. It is during Holy Week we see most profoundly that "God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
My plan this week... take it slowly and reverently. In the chaos of our fast-paced society, Holy Week is a reminder to pause and praise, to carefully mark each day, and to not let this greatest of all weeks fly by us like every other. I really want to stop and cherish what was happening in the life of my Jesus during this week some two thousands years ago. It is a somber time, but we also know... Sunday is coming!!!
It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (John 13:1)