If you committed to reading 2 Psalms per day, you will read the 150 Psalms in about a year. Add the exciting passages about Jesus entering into Jerusalem, and then Paul’s hymn like praise of Jesus in Philippians 2:5-11, you would likely cover the width and depth of all emotions! It’s difficult to pack all human-divine emotion into just a Sunday worship hour….but over a year’s time…it could be done!

If we could somehow share this with the millions (or hundreds within our local communities) of those who “avoid” church each week, I predict they would come back or, for some, start attending for the first time…ever!

Our Biblical message is exciting and addresses every human joy and sorrow. It speaks to all of our Human Condition! It brings purpose to living and a freedom to live into whatever the Future holds!

Now if only….If only we in the church could say to ourselves and those staying at home each Sunday, “Hey, don’t worry, be happy!” Or also, “Hey, I am for you! I want the best for you!” Or whatever words speak “Life” to those who ask, “How can I make it through today or …..tomorrow?”

We can answer, “The church is here to help and point to Someone who WILL help, to The ONE who makes “”all things new!” Maybe then all the human emotions we express will find a Home to safely dwell in! A Home where you say and feel what needs to be said and there Someone who will hear you in all your joys and sadness!”

Hey! It even explains all the excitement of March Madness, the joy of Gardening, the thrill of Spring and Summer, the Struggles of our deepest longings in any Season.

Well….I could go on! Come to worship (or be with us in spirit) and let’s try an hours’ worth of Joys and Concerns, our feelings and emotions in the living of our faith and hearing and then doing the Word!

† Palm Sunday blessings †

Pastor Barry