From their palms to His palms by Raymond A. Foss
The same word, the same spelling; but oh so different meanings frame the week to come Their palms, in joy, in triumph, in praise of His entrance, a king entering the holy city, where His ancestors sat on the throne palms and hosannas greeted him welcoming him, his entourage, in His palms, turned by other hands, opened for the piercing, the sharp cut the nails driven into His palms holding him in agony, in death to the wooden cross, in crucifixion The same word, the same spelling; but oh so different meaning, played out in His Passion before our praise come Easter morning.
March 12, 2008
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