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Palm
Branches
"A
huge crowd of
Passover
visitors took
palm branches
and went down
the road to meet
Him. They
shouted,
"Praise
God! Bless the
one who comes in
the name
of the
Lord! Hail to
the King of
Israel!"
John
12,13 (NLT)
I
sat around the
pool at our hotel,
thankful that God
had given us a few
days of relaxation
in that beautiful
desert country
where the palm
trees and cactus
grow profusely.
The temperature
was a pleasant 75
degrees and the
sun was shining
brightly. All
around me orange
trees were loaded
with fruit.
As
I gazed into the
blue sky with
gorgeous palm
trees circling the
pool, I thought of
the day long ago
when palm branches
were spread before
Jesus as He made
His entry into
Jerusalem.
"Hail
to the King,"
was their cry as
He arrived to
announce that He
was indeed the
awaited Messiah.
"Crucify
Him," became
their proclamation
when they
discovered that
Jesus had not come
to be a national
leader who would
restore Israel to
glory.
Whether
today brings you
much joy or
temporary
heartache and
disappointment,
let us never be
guilty of turning
against the One
who gave His life
that we might live
eternally.
May
we always lovingly
and freely praise
Jesus, who came in
the name of the
Lord to show us
the way to
salvation and
eternal life.
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