Matthew 23: 37
37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that
kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it!
How often would
I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her
wings, and you were not willing!”
Jesus had been rejected by
those whom he loved.
I can assume that Jesus felt
anger, and pain, and grief and sadness.
Have you ever loved anyone,
that in the end, rejected you?
If you haven’t taken a chance
on loving someone, then you can’t begin to feel the pain of Jesus.
Jesus wanted nothing more,
than to turn a wayward city away from destruction.
We can feel the same way,
when the Gospel account is rejected by those whom we shared it with, and care
about.
Jesus had the power to gather
His people, and He made every effort to reach them.
Those whom Jesus tried to
reach, had a certain animosity toward the message and the prophets of God.
No matter how hard your
efforts are for those you love, some even whom you love the most, will
sometimes negate your best laid intentions.
But that doesn’t mean we stop
trying…
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