Welcome to Monday! This is day two of Holy Week or Passion Week as some people call it. We are told that yesterday Jesus entered Jerusalem on the back of a donkey to the acclamation of the the crowds and his diciples who waved palm branches and threw their robes on the ground  for him to ride on. It is the only time that we have an instance where Jesus went somewhere that he didn't walk.

I find this whole story rather strange. I have heard and I have preached this story and the symbolism of Jesus entering the great city of Jerusalem, the Holy City of the Jews, on a lowly donkey as opposed to riding in on a great stallion. It represents that Jesus was a humble servant of God and not a great conqueror. But Jesus specifically sent a couple of disciples on ahead to get that particular donkey and it's foal for him to ride on. Why? How is riding in on a donkey more humble than simply walking in? Some where and somehow I'm missing some point in this story. See? This is why I love to read and try to figure out the scriptures.

So today is the day that Jesus is said to have gone to the outer courts of the temple and witnessed the money exchangers selling "sacrifices" to be presented to the priests as atonement for the people's sins. He became enraged at the fraud and deception that was going on he the temple and he overturned the tables and took a whip of cords and drove the money changers out of God's holy place and cleanse the temple. That must have been quite a spectacle to see with coins flying all over the floor and animals being turned lose and people trying to get out of the way of the "madman" disrupting the business day? And beyond the obvious points of the story --- isn't it amazing that no one tried to stop him; not the crowd, not the business owners, not the temple guards nor any of the "holy men" standing around. He cleansed the temple and he left. God works in mysterious ways. Go back to your Bible and read and re-read the stories again. Discover the truths that lie beneath the words. It's facinating.

Well, you didn't open this page to hear a sermon this morning but I was just sharing with you my thoughts for today. Meanwhile here at the buffet, that gang is all here munching away and emptying all of my feeders with haste. It's a beautiful morning with plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures.

We have some things that Ms. Kate and I have to do today such as running by the John Deere dealers and talking to them about servicing my little JD. I need to fill all of the feeders and call the heating and air folks to come and do the spring servicing of our air conditioner. It's all just routine stuff from our exciting lives. Tomorrow we will spend=d most of the day at the Cadillac dealers while we have routine maintenance done such as transmission flush, brake service and stuff like that. It won't be cheap!

I pray you will have a wonderful day filled with sunshine and love. Peace.