Have you ever wondered why the week between Palm Sunday and Easter/Resurrection Sunday is called "holy"? I have. When I was a child, I thought it was a dumb name for that week. I mean, what is so holy about Jesus dying. In fact, I wondered what was so "good" about Good Friday since it was the day Jesus was nailed to a cross and died. But as Paul says, "When I was a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an [adult], put childish ways behind me." (1 Cor. 13:11) I now understand the Good Friday is good because Jesus' death and resurrection made it possible for me to have a right relationship, a restored relationship, with God.
But why is the whole week holy? I mean, I know why Palm Sunday is holy and Maundy Thursday and Good Friday - but what about Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday and Saturday? I am not advocating changing our whole thought process, but I am saying we need to be thinking about things like this and not just accepting them because "We've always done it that way." So if anyone is out there reading this, let me know what you think.
Blessings, Becky
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