Hosanna

Going through the Dung Gate of the City in Jerusalem, it was as if we were going back into time. It was our first up close meeting of "the Wall".

First, the incredible feat of building this "fortress" is amazing. Today, even with machinery, I'm sure it would take years. Yet, over 2000 years ago, this city was built with the mind and strength of men.

Despite my amazement of the Human side of the construction of the city, what truly touched me was the realization that Christ himself had walked the very streets we were on.
An overwhelming emotion came upon me the first day in Jerusalem and follows me even today. I have certainly been burdened in my life with sin, but the sensory experience of seeing the walls and cobbled stone streets, hearing the Hebrew and Aramaic language and smelling the fresh scent of the yellow flowers that grow around the wall reminded me of the debt I owe that I cannot repay.

Elizabeth picked up a handful of flowers and threw them into the air. I caught this moment on film and have called it "Hosanna in the highest". The word Hosanna means "save us".

This day, I was graciously reminded of my sins but quickly celebrated in my heart on these stone cobbled streets that He is Hosanna in my life.