He entered Jerusalem on a donkey, in church we would sing "All Glory Laud and Honor to thee Redeemer King", as children we would wave the palms and sing, Crown HIM with many crowns. As a child, it was hard for me to understand the joy of this, because I knew that in 4 days, the same people who cheered him on and declared him King, would cheer at his torture and demand he be crucified. It was a heavy lesson for a devout child, a lesson of betrayal from people who would cheer you in one place, and condemn you in the same place. It did not matter if they cheered or they slandered, HIS love never wavered, he forgave them, he promised they would join him in Paradise, (the two who hang on either side). As an old woman now, I have learned from contemplating the Gospel, sought the deeper meaning behind the few lines written, and have learned that it all sums up the condition of the human heart. Fickle in Faith, swayed by a trend, not to be trusted. My question to this day is, God in Christ knew all, he knew what would happen, he knew that the cross would be waiting for him, but he sat on that donkey and watched the crowds, as they lay down palms before him, an action done for the great, for a King. Holy Week begins. It will be a week of intense highs, and then despair, and then a miracle, the miracle was for us, not for HIM. Of course God is eternal, there was never any death waiting for him, but the body he took on, he took on to experience what a man must go through, the pain, the betrayal, the end of all sensation of a heartbeat. It made his love of us complete, knowing how life ends, knowing all the disappointment that we bring each other, he went in anyway, so that he may know us.My question then , who are we to seek approval and honor, when we know that can change on a dime, if it comes from mere men and women? It does not save us from death, the only thing that will is our Faith with a capital F.

He entered Jerusalem on a donkey, in church we would sing "All Glory Laud and Honor to thee Redeemer King", as children we would wave the palms and sing, Crown HIM with many crowns. As a child, it was hard for me to understand the joy of this, because I knew that in 4 days, the same people who cheered him on and declared him King, would cheer at his torture and demand he be crucified. It was a heavy lesson for a devout child, a lesson of betrayal from people who would cheer you in one place, and condemn you in the same place. It did not matter if they cheered or they slandered, HIS love never wavered, he forgave them, he promised they would join him in Paradise, (the two who hang on either side). As an old woman now, I have learned from contemplating the Gospel, sought the deeper meaning behind the few lines written, and have learned that it all sums up the condition of the human heart. Fickle in Faith, swayed by a trend, not to be trusted. My question to this day is, God in Christ knew all, he knew what would happen, he knew that the cross would be waiting for him, but he sat on that donkey and watched the crowds, as they lay down palms before him, an action done for the great, for a King. Holy Week begins. It will be a week of intense highs, and then despair, and then a miracle, the miracle was for us, not for HIM. Of course God is eternal, there was never any death waiting for him, but the body he took on, he took on to experience what a man must go through, the pain, the betrayal, the end of all sensation of a heartbeat. It made his love of us complete, knowing how life ends, knowing all the disappointment that we bring each other, he went in anyway, so that he may know us.