God Shaped Hole in all of us
Raul Garcia III Palm Sunday April 9, 2017 Matthew 27: 11 - 54 Let us Pray: May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you my Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. What a Gospel story we have. Simply amazing. All the emotions a human can possibly fathom in one place. When we really think about it we sing Hosanna, wave palms branches, then if we step back and read what happens over the next few days we find betrayal, denial, abandonment, and crucifixion. All of us are one of the people with Jesus that last week of his life. As much as we say we love Jesus and have a strong faith we falter. The people of Jerusalem had expectations of a leader to come and deliver them from the Roman oppression. Someone to march in with a mighty army and on a strong steed to take control. The expectations of the jewish people were just expectations and Jesus knew what He needed to do. Talking about expectations. I have a honey do list. Boy, were my expectation...