From Palm Sunday To Good Friday

What a contrast between these two days: Palm Sunday and Good Friday. The first was a day of marching and palm‑waving. The second, was a day of mourning and sorrow. Jesus was betrayed. His body was hung upon a rough cross on the hillside. Frankly, many of the same people were involved in both days.

How can people be so fickle? Treat Jesus like a king on Sunday, and then hang Him on a cross like a criminal on Friday? And yet, we do that, don't we? We do it to others, and they do it to us as well.

Life is like that in many ways. Sometimes we are on the top of the mountain, and all has gone well, and then just as suddenly, we get hurt, or we hurt others, and we feel the bottom has dropped out. Great victories come our way on some days, and then sin rears its ugly head, and suddenly the whole world comes toppling down about us! Why is it so?

This is part of our sinful condition. Jesus knew this and prayed for us on the cross that we might be forgiven because so often, we don't realize what we are doing.

Up and down, up and down...that is the yo‑yo that is ours. And this same pattern would go on and on, if there was not something to change the balance. That something is the resurrection and Easter morning. "He is Risen" we declare. And thank God for Easters that keep coming to us every day of our life if we desire it. We may still have our "highs" and our "lows", but the "lows" will never be quite so low, because the resurrection has made the difference. "Death has no sting. Grave has no victory". And neither do our daily problems have a final triumph over us, if we remember to give thanks unto God who gave us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord.