Distracted During Holy Week

It's Holy Week, a time of remembering Jesus' death and resurrection. A time to dwell upon what the sacrifice of Jesus truly means in our own lives and in the lives of those around us. However, this world has been distracted. During a week I would expect my facebook newsfeed to be filled with Bible verses reminding people of how much Jesus loves them, of how He died to save them, I am instead reading debate after debate regarding homosexuality. We have become distracted. We have lost sight of what it is Jesus did for us on the cross that first Good Friday. 
You see, Holy Week should be a time of realizing how sinful we all are. When we find ourselves face to face with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, our guilt becomes something we cannot ignore. When I read the account of Jesus being whipped and mocked, led up a hill and then nailed to a cross, the entire time being fully innocent, I cannot help but be overcome with the realization that I deserved that punishment. I deserve death. I have messed up so many times in my life. I have hurt people. I have hurt God. Yet, Jesus died for me. He went to the cross; He stayed on the cross. All because He loves me and wants a relationship with me. 
What I have found interesting about this particular Holy Week is how quick we have been to point out the sin of others. The politics surrounding this issue seem to somehow make it a "bigger" sin. Yet it's not. All of our sins sent Jesus to that cross. Everything from that time I told my sister I hated her to the murder of innocent children. Jesus died for it all! Why are we pointing fingers? It's time that we all fell at the foot of the cross and humbled ourselves, knowing that not one of us deserves life and yet Jesus offers it. The sacrifice made on the cross was not simply made for homosexuality. Jesus died for more than that. He died for all of us, and then he rose again for all of us. He invites everyone to abandon their sins at the cross and follow Him. Instead of debating people into a corner, let's start inviting them to life. Let's remind people of what Holy Week is really about; that it is a time to realize that we are sinful and dead on our own, but that we can give our sins to the Lord and accept life!