[Newsletter] Daily Devotional

[Lynn]

The Darkest Day
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Read: Matthew 26:17-30

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The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.  ~  Psalm 118:22
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To celebrate Passover, Jewish worshippers sing Psalms 113-118, a section called the "Egyptian Hallel."
The ceremony builds to a crescendo of appreciation for freedom and the beauty of life given by God. It ends with participants singing and praising God both to please Him and to express their own pleasure. One rabbi explains it as experiencing the "emotional joy of freedom."

Near the end of the Passover meal, the second half of these Hallel psalms are sung. According to the gospel of Matthew, Jesus and His disciples sand a hymn and "went out to the Mount of Olives" after celebrating their last Passover together (26:30). They may well have sung this psalm:

The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the Lord's doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:22-24).

Regardless of which hymn they sang, the confidence Jesus had in the goodness of His heavenly Father is astounding. He was able to praise His Father even though He knew He was about to experience His darkest day. 

~  Julie Link
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Even on the darkest days
My heart sings in joyful praise,
Not because God says I should
But because I know He's good.

~  Link
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Thought For The Day: 

Praise has the power to lighten our heaviest burden.

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