When things are coming to an end, whether a summer holiday where you have created new friendships; moving to another state or country where you leave behind family & friends you’ve known for decades; or sitting in the presence of a loved one who is approaching the end of this earthly life… I have noticed the attentiveness, the appreciation, and the valuing of that specific time with them… moments to cherish, and embrace --- because you KNOW that you may never see them again.
We have entered into the final week of Jesus’ ministry… a ministry where, for three years He has taught, shared, invested into, and walked alongside these 12 Disciples and now, retreated into an upper room He disciples them by example, as well as by word… let's look at this example together.