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Welcome to this special Easter edition of Redeeming the Chaos with Laurie Christine! 

A FAMILY DEVOTIONAL FOR EASTER

For 30 days leading up to Easter, I will be reading to you from my easter devotional book, Come and See! 30 Family Bible Stories for Easter.  

Today, I am reading Come and See! Chapter 2 – Palm Branches and Pigeon Poop.

Come and See!  invites families of elementary-aged children to experience firsthand the anticipation, the sorrow, the tragedy, the fear, and the ultimate triumph of Jesus’ death and resurrection. 

Through the eyes of six eye witnesses, you will be led on a journey through the busyness of  the streets of Jerusalem, to the despair of Golgotha, and finally to the celebration of the empty grave.

This book includes 30 short devotional stories, each with accompanying Scripture references and questions for discussion and imagination.

We are going to be reading one story each day leading up to Easter.  You’re welcome to grab the kids and listen together for your family Bible time.  Or, if you would rather read to your kids on your own, you can DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF THE ENTIRE EBOOK HERE.

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PALM BRANCHES AND PIGEON POOP – Told by John, Disciple of Jesus

“What on earth is going on here? And what is that stinky smell? This looked more like the marketplace than the temple!”JOHN, DISCIPLE OF JESUS

The very next day, after visiting Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, Jesus and the rest of us disciples headed into the city of Jerusalem. (The town of Bethany was only a few miles away). It was the week of Passover, so the city was bustling with business. Jews from all over the country had been arriving for weeks to celebrate the Passover feast and commemorate the night that God had delivered our ancestors from slavery in Egypt.  

As we approached the city, Jesus sent two of the disciples to a nearby farm to borrow a donkey for him to ride. A large crowd of Passover visitors came rushing out to meet us on the road as we approached.

“Praise the Lord! Hail to the King of Israel! Give glory to God!” 

My brother James and I exchanged glances. Where are all these people coming from? How do they know who Jesus is? We determined that many of the people in the crowd had seen Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead just a few weeks earlier. Word had spread that Jesus was arriving in the city, and the crowd had hoped that Jesus might perform another miracle.

As we walked, men, women, and children began to take off their outer cloaks and lay them on the dusty road in front of us. Some even cut palm branches from the trees and waved them in the air.