palm sunday

Today begins Passion week. Here in the Holy land passion week is not officially recognized, but instead it is a "pagan" holiday. I forget how much we take our faith for granted in the west.

As Jesus decended from the Mount of Olives, men, women and children layed their garmets and palm branches on the ground and cried out "Hosanna", meaning "Save us!" Jesus stopped on his journey and wept over the city.

When was the last time we wept over our city? When was the last time we went into the closet and prayed, not on our own behalf, but on the behalf of those who need salvation?

This week, would it be too much for us to look beyond our own selfish passions and set our eyes on His passion to which he came for, to seek and save the lost?