Are We There Yet?

Luke 19:28-40

The classic road trip words "Are we there yet?"  Remember saying those words? Remember your kids saying them?  I remember my cousin always following "Are we there yet?" with the classic, "Is it as long as it has been?"

This Lenten road trip feels that way right about now.  We see the palm branches waving ahead and the hosannas being lifted on high and we get a little excited "Are we there yet?" This feels like a party!

But of course, we haven't even done the hardest part of all yet. We have yet to die to self, we have yet to put our former selves in the tomb, we have yet to figure out how to achieve resurrected lives.  We are already wondering if we can head down the road of the cross after all. And I fear somewhere about Thursday or so of next week we will begin to cry "Is it as long as it has been?"

The hosanna shouts and the parade of palms sometimes lulls us into thinking our final destination is just off the next exit. But of course, it isn't.

We will start our journey on Sunday with On Fire playing for us "Here Comes the Sun." We will dance in the aisles and party our way forward with palms.  But we won't end there.  We will end our time on Sunday with the stark revelation that we most decidedly are NOT there yet, and we will read the scriptures that remind us of that.


What road trip memories do you have of thinking you would never get there? Why are road trips so hard?  Why does it take longer to get there than it does to get home, sometimes?

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