Today, as we head towards Easter, a blessing written by Kate Bowler.

Jesus, 

from that mountain 

high among the olive trees,

it would have been an easy walk 

down to the city,

to Jerusalem, 

which lay below.

So why choose to make your way 

on a donkey,

on an everyday beast of burden, 

your feet almost dragging on the ground?

And who are these people running, 

bending low,

to spread their precious cloaks on the road before you,

waving palm branches and shouting,

"Save us! Hosanna to the Son of David!"?

What is the raw and urgent hope that rises in their songs?

"Blessed is he who comes 

in the name of the Lord!"

And, 

Jesus, 

why are you smiling?

Because it is true what they are saying,

though they can't yet know the whole of it.

It is happening. It is unfolding 

in slow motion,

the fulfillment of that promise from of old:

their savior would come,

humble, and riding on a donkey.

Blessed are we, on this side of history

shouting, "Come, Lord, save us too!"

We know how it ends, and still we forget

to rush toward our humble, 

forgettable king

and yell, 

"Hosanna, 

hosanna,

our hope is in you!"

#blessings

#Easter 

#hopeishere