a ride (palm sunday)

a long season of lent

is finally coming to an end

but the beginning of the end

involves a ride

a ride into the depths

of death and dying

a painful but necessary journey

a dying that must take place

to make room for living

for in the kingdom of God

death always leads to new life

so now Jesus turns

to each of us and asks

will you ride with me

it will not be an easy ride

in fact it will demand all

it will require absolute trust

and total surrender

but this death will be

the doorway to new life

so what do you say

will you ride with me