Friday; April 8
People are fickle. We like what we like when we like it … but just because we like something today doesn’t mean that it will always be important to us. We cannot avoid peer pressure and social influence, but there are times when we just have to dig in our heels and firmly plant our feet on our foundational principles. The reason I bring this up is something that is being played out all around the world this weekend when several Christian groups will honor Palm Sunday. The remembrance is more than just giving children a palm frond (that many of them will leave in the auditorium), it is a reminder of how quickly people can lose focus. Matthew records Jerusalem’s reaction to Jesus by observing, “Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road. The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in t