We as Christians have a choice. We can embrace the security of our salvation but overlook our present sins of commission and omission, or we can make time on this Maundy Thursday to submit to the Holy Spirit, asking him to identify our unconfessed sins and then repenting of them with genuine contrition.
If we wisely choose the latter, we will experience the transforming grace of God in ways that will make this a true Holy Week for our souls. Henri Nouwen explained the nature of such faith with his usual depth of wisdom:
"The word faith is often understood as accepting something you can't understand. People often say, 'Such and such can't be explained, you simply have to believe it.' However, when Jesus talks about faith, he means first of all to trust unreservedly that you are loved, so that you can abandon every false way of obtaining love. . . .
"When Jesus says to the people he has healed, 'Your faith has healed you,' he is saying that they have found new life because they have surrendered in complete trust to the love of God revealed in Him."
Will you experience this "new life" today?
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