I had the special opportunity to take Rylynn to
preschool. Usually, if I am called to
duty I pick her up after preschool and take her to daycare, but this time it
was a different routine. On this day I
picked her up and took her to school. I
always enjoy the conversations we have, about family, school, things we see,
and even church. As I took her to
preschool she started talking about children’s choir, she told me they were
singing, “Lamb of God” and that the director wanted them to sing out. We got to school and I told her she was going
to have to show me where her room was, this routine was entirely
different. With joy Rylynn showed me her
room, and her teacher greeted us. I
asked her teacher if I needed to do anything and she said no. Rylynn looked up at me with a sense of
expectation, and then I realized there was one more ritual to this journey to
preschool. I bent low and kissed my
grand-daughter Rylynn and told her to have a good day.
The week ahead will beckon us to a different routine. There will be the remembrances of Jesus’
triumphant entry into Jerusalem, what we celebrate on Palm Sunday. There is the drama of the Last Supper, the
betrayal, and all the other aspects that prepare us for the fulfillment of our
journey, a new morning and an empty tomb, where our teacher will meet us as He
met Mary Magdalene on that first Easter.
There is nothing routine about the week ahead. We cannot come to Easter without first
experiencing Good Friday and the Passion of Our Lord and joining in singing
with Rylynn and all God’s children, “Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world.”
Don’t miss the week ahead, it is a profoundly different
routine that will enrich your Easter celebration and deepen your faith
life. Join the journey of this
week. There are many fine churches who
would welcome you to this week of different routines, this week called
“Holy”. If you don’t have a church home,
doors are open and a warm welcome awaits you.
Or if you haven’t been for a while there is no time like the present to
take on a different routine.
