He entered the city

After Psalm 25:9, 119:81 

He entered the city

on a beast of peace,

not as a conquering hero

but a servant,

a servant who would

suffer.

 

He entered the city

to sings and rejoicing,

to waving of palms,

to cloaks laid on his path. 

The people sang hosanna

to the servant who would

suffer.

 

He smiled as he rode

his beast of peace.

He smiled to see

rejoicing, to hear

the voices cheering

and singing his way

forward.

 

He smiled because

he knew their hearts,

the hearts soon to call

for his death. And

he loved them anyway.

He loved them because.

 

Photograph by Benjamin Recinos via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

Queen Esther’s Lot: A Poem for Purim – Margaret Coats at Society of Classical Poets.

 

Four Marks of True Revival – J.T. Reeves and Douglas Sweeney at Desiring God.

 

Feminine Emotionalism and the Evangelical Conscience – G. Shane Morris at the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.