Jesus’ descent to the realm of the dead on Holy Saturday assures us that he stays with us through the darkest passages of life and death. This event offers hope to those who have felt “darkness is my only companion.” Depression, grief, disassociation, paranoia and anxiety can all isolate us in hopelessness. That Jesus prays Psalm 88 as one of us, with us and for us, is like someone taking our hand in the dark to lead us gently back to light.
Day 28: Darkness Is My Only Companion
March 16, 2024 • Lauren Honea, Scott Graham, Gerrit Dawson • Psalm 88:10–18, Psalm 103:1–5
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Day 42: I Love the LORD
March 30, 2024 • Lauren Honea, Scott Graham, Gerrit Dawson • Psalm 103:1–5, Psalm 116:1–9
Can you visualize Jesus standing with arms outstretched and head turned upwards? Can you hear him say in front of his disciples, “I love my Father because he has heard my voice.” The Son prays; the Father responds. Love passes between them. Their love sources the whole universe. Father and Son ever reach and reply to one another. We live in the magnetic field of their eternal attraction. In the midst of our hurting, broken world, the incarnate Son lifts his heart to say, “I love the LORD!”
Day 41: The Joy of His Return
March 29, 2024 • Lauren Honea, Scott Graham, Gerrit Dawson • Psalm 103:1–5, Psalm 96:1–6, Psalm 96:10–13
Throughout his life, this psalm would have uplifted Jesus in praise to his Father. In time, he would understand how it pointed toward his return in glory. He would have drawn hope from this future even on this day. For in Psalm 96, Jesus knows that the way things are right now is not the way things will always be.
Day 40: Our Great High Priest
March 28, 2024 • Psalm 103:1–5, Psalm 110:1–4
Through his years of reading the Psalms in his prayers to the LORD whom he knew intimately as Father, Jesus realizes how Psalm 110 had been written for him! This prophetic song of David gives Jesus insight into his unique identity as a man born of Mary and the Son of God conceived by the Holy Spirit. He follows the Scriptural logic to know that only one person could be both the son and the Lord of David. Only one man could rule over Israel from the heavenly position of the Father’s right hand—Jesus himself.