Monday March 31: Isaiah 43:1-15
Tuesday April 1: Isaiah 43:16-21
Wednesday April 2: Psalm 126
Thursday April 3: Philippians 3:4b-11
Friday April 4: Philippians 3:12-21
Saturday April 5: John 11:45-54
Sunday April 6: John 11:55-12:8
The texts this week are worth carrying in our pockets: Isaiah’s promise that God is doing a new thing; the Psalm’s confidence that those who went out weeping will return in joy; Paul’s conviction of the surpassing value of Christ’s love; Mary, whose brother Jesus had raised from death, anointing Jesus, out of her overwhelming gratitude and faith. This confidence of God’s care and Christ’s love carries us deeper into Lent, where the stories of conflict grow more acute. What great love Jesus shows, to lay down his life for his friends.