Final Days

If your hours were limited, how would you spend them? If gathering with loved ones for a last time, who would sit beside you? In last conversations, what would you say? 

In these final days of Holy Week, we need to resist the temptation to walk too quickly. Unlike a runner who speeds up when seeing the finish line, with need to slow down, not speed us, with Easter in sight. The moments, gestures, and words of Jesus take on amplified significance as his life draws to a close. Meals become sacred, words become commandments, and ordinary things like a bowl of water and a towel become inspirational. 

Now is the time to pause, take a seat, and pay attention. Now is the time to watch, listen, and enter the story as if for the first time. His circle of friends is growing smaller. His voice is hushed. Sit up. You don't want to miss a thing.