DAY 40 by Johnathan Loesch

⁵⁴It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning.^* The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid. Then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments.

One cancerous lump,

two surgeries,

five stays in the hospital.

15 weeks of chemotherapy treatments,

one wig,

23 hats,

six months to grow her hair back,

and one life.

A daughter, sister, wife and mother.

An aunt, a grandmother and friend.

One inspiration

-- by Johnathan Loesch, dedicated to Carol Loesch 

DAY 39 by Ron Lindsey

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land^* until three in the afternoon, while the sun’s light failed;^* and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.’ Having said this, he breathed his last. When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, ‘Certainly this man was innocent.’^* And when all the crowds who had gathered there for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they returned home, beating their breasts. But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.^4546474849

DAY 38 by Johnathan Loesch

When the hour came, he took his place at the table, and the apostles with him. He said to them, ‘I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I tell you, I will not eat it^* until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.’ Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, ‘Take this and divide it among yourselves; for I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.’ Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.^151617181920

DAY 37 by Ron Lindsey

DAY 36 by Doug Brown

DAY 35 by Doug Brown

DAY 34 by Ron Lindsey

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