Giving Up Normal

What do you do when things look bleak in life and ministry? Do you try and fight? Do you fall back in despair? What do you hold on to as you sit at the foot of the cross in your suffering?   It is Maundy Thursday and today's episode is a special encouragement stemming from Jesus' last night before He was crucified. Things looked bleak. Pilate thought he had power and authority over the situation, able to sentence Jesus to death or set Him free.   "Then Jesus said, 'You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above...' " John 19:11   Despite how it looked, things were going according to plan...and it was a good plan because God was the one in control.