And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying “Who is this?”
Matthew 21:10
A triumphant entry that fulfilled prophesy also got a lot of people stirred up.
We’ve spent more than a year stirred up. Let’s lean into that uneasiness this week. About 2000 years ago, a stirred up city one Sunday became a city where love was resurrected seven days later. Stirred cities can do awful things.
But they can also be witness to beautiful restoration.
After a year of awful that has stirred us up in many ways, let’s walk through Holy Week with a new appreciation of Creation at the edge, of humanity in desperate need of salvation, and of the incredible act of love and redemption we remember this week.
