Women in Fellowship and Encouragement

W elcome to week 6 of the Lenten season. This week, as we move away from the psalm. 22, and we now enter into a quiet but weighty space between two powerful movements. As we close out Psalm 22, we hear the haunting cry, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" These are not just words spoken by King David. They are the words of Jesus himself, words he would echo from the cross. This psalm invites us into the depths of suffering, into the tension of trusting God even when he feels distant. And if we sit there long enough, we begin to feel the weight, the silence... the vulnerability... the raw honesty of faith that refuses to let go. But before we move to celebration, before Palm Sunday arrives, let us allow scripture to slow us down and bring us into a very different scene in Matthew 26:6-16. We enter a private moment. There's no crowd, no stage, no public applause. Come in with me. Zoom in with me— a woman walks in carrying an alabaster jar,  something valuable...  s...