Palm Sunday

One of the most transformational moments in my understanding of scripture came when I stopped reading the stories from a, "Get a load of these knuckleheads" perspective. It's really easy to read about Adam and Eve in the garden as the idiots who blew the perfect scenario for all of humanity. The Israelites can be seen as the complaining, short-term memory impaired, unfaithful hoard. The disciples can become the doofs hopelessly not understanding the simplest stories of Jesus. 

Here's what life has taught me. I'm Adam and Eve. I'm the Israelites. I'm the Disciples. 

This week's message is all about Palm Sunday, which is when a crowd at Jerusalem worshiped and welcomed Jesus into the city as a King and Messiah. The head-slapping moment in the story comes when this same crowd calls for Jesus to be crucified. 

Preparing for this week I've been struck with how appropriate that dramatic change feels for my own relationship with Christ. Moments after seeing him as my Lord and Savior, there are ways I'd like to remove Jesus from my life altogether. I'm the crowd. 

I invite you to listen to what we can learn from the people yelling "Hosanna" to Jesus and how we can keep that refrain in the moments we'd rather yell "Crucify".