April 2nd, 2026
Thursday, April 2nd
When Holy Week Meets Real Life
By: Sheila Sonon
As I move through Holy Week, I feel the weight of my own trials pressing in. I feel like a modern-day Job—singled out at work, blamed for things I didn’t do, and facing the fear that my livelihood could be taken from me. My boss, who doesn’t share my faith, sometimes feels like a Pontius Pilate figure in my story—holding power, making decisions without seeing the truth of who I am.
And yet, who am I to have the audacity to focus on my suffering during Holy Week? I’m writing this devotional for Holy Thursday—the very day Jesus knelt down and washed the feet of one who would betray Him. One of His enemies. One He knew would hand Him over. What right do I have to complain when Jesus willingly washed the feet of the kind of person I work with—the one who treats me unfairly and shows no regard for human decency?
Then I remember the promise from Hebrews: “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” (Hebrews 13:5) Jesus lived that promise on this night. He walked into betrayal, false accusations, and injustice with a peace rooted not in circumstances but in the Father’s presence.
I remind myself: I am not Job, left alone in suffering. I am a disciple at the table with Christ. He sees every injustice I face. He knows every fear I carry. He understands what it feels like to be treated unfairly by those in authority. He is not distant from my workplace or my anxiety. He is beside me in every meeting, every accusation, every unknown.
Holy Thursday anchors me. If Jesus did not abandon His own in their darkest hour, He will not abandon me now. He will not fail me. He will not abandon me.
When Holy Week Meets Real Life
By: Sheila Sonon
As I move through Holy Week, I feel the weight of my own trials pressing in. I feel like a modern-day Job—singled out at work, blamed for things I didn’t do, and facing the fear that my livelihood could be taken from me. My boss, who doesn’t share my faith, sometimes feels like a Pontius Pilate figure in my story—holding power, making decisions without seeing the truth of who I am.
And yet, who am I to have the audacity to focus on my suffering during Holy Week? I’m writing this devotional for Holy Thursday—the very day Jesus knelt down and washed the feet of one who would betray Him. One of His enemies. One He knew would hand Him over. What right do I have to complain when Jesus willingly washed the feet of the kind of person I work with—the one who treats me unfairly and shows no regard for human decency?
Then I remember the promise from Hebrews: “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” (Hebrews 13:5) Jesus lived that promise on this night. He walked into betrayal, false accusations, and injustice with a peace rooted not in circumstances but in the Father’s presence.
I remind myself: I am not Job, left alone in suffering. I am a disciple at the table with Christ. He sees every injustice I face. He knows every fear I carry. He understands what it feels like to be treated unfairly by those in authority. He is not distant from my workplace or my anxiety. He is beside me in every meeting, every accusation, every unknown.
Holy Thursday anchors me. If Jesus did not abandon His own in their darkest hour, He will not abandon me now. He will not fail me. He will not abandon me.
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