The Passion Week
This Passion Week holds within it the greatest love story ever told. Riding to dinner with a couple of our grandsons last week the 5 year old said, "In two days it will be Easter." I said, "Actually, it's more like 9 days. This Sunday is Psalm Sunday when Jesus rode into Jerusalem." His reply, "No! My teacher said it's Easter. I know all about the donkey ride and dying on the cross"
While I praise the Lord he has a teacher tealling him about Easter, I wanted him to grasp what occurred on all the days leading up to Resurrection Sunday. Also, I think he was counting on getting the goodies in that Easter basket in two days. LOL.
With his pastor, Papa, driving the car, I said, "Let's let Papa tell us the story of all that happened the week before Easter Sunday." His grandfather did an amazing job. By the time we reached the restaurant I got out of the car saying, "Father, I am so, so sorry for all the sin. Mine and the world's. Oh, that Jesus died for me."
Ephesians 3:16-19 says, “that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Read some of Third Days lyrics in their song about Jesus' love – "Love Song"
"I know that you don’t understand The fullness of My love How I died upon the cross for your sins And I know that you don’t realize how much that I gave you But I promise, I would do it all again Just to be with you, I’ve done everythingn there’s no price I did not pay Just to be with you, I gave everything. Yes, I gave my life away."
The Song
"Love Song" by Third Day
