No Regrets

We all live with regrets, wishing we had never done certain things.

The crowd that welcomed Jesus on that first Palm Sunday must have had regrets. By the end of the week, the same crowd shouted “Crucify him!”

Jesus’ disciples by the end of the week had similar regrets.

Everyone has second thoughts except Jesus who goes to the cross with no regrets.

Unlike us in our lives, there is no second-guessing for Jesus. Totally committed to love us, he goes to the cross with a love that is humanly impossible. The centurion recognizes that such love must be of God.

Because God loves us with no regrets, we can do the same.

In the services of Holy Week, we get to experience what this love is like . . . that loves with no regrets.