I confess, it can be real easy to be the one who praises Him when things turn out our way — all the Hosanna praise hands!! – and then be the one who hardens a bit when it doesn’t go our way. 

Because that’s always the temptation when God doesn’t meet our expectations. 

When God doesn’t work things out the way we want, someone always wants to grab a piece of wood and a hammer and nail down their own bloody way.

But the subversive truth is, and it comes on Palm Sunday: 

What can bring healing peace — is honest hosanna praise.

((Special thanks to David Nevue for the beautiful piano melodies to our journey.))