Thoughts at Holy Week
Sash wrote this response to Franny’s devo from yesterday. “I love reading Franny,s devotionals. It’s like reading a book good book or seeing a good movie. You have to read or see more than once, because there is always something you may have missed or misunderstood the first time. My only criticism, Franny, is that you need to write more
So here she is. Franny is back! She shared this with me and I agree with her, it’s a great time to reflect
My thoughts after going thru Holy week:
Does God weep for us? His human creation fails the test of obedience every second of every day.
When we kill each other, bash each others faces, choke, cut, or shoot our declared enemies, or abort tiny, defenseless babies, does He cry out like a mother holding her dead child?
When we hurt ourselves, eat too little or too much, poison ourselves purposefully to alter our mind and bodies, does His essence writhe and collapse at the weight of our fall from grace?
When He looks into our hearts and sees pain, hatred, pettiness and selfishness, does He become angry? Does He flip His own tables or sob in His own hands?
When He hears our prayers and sees a greedy or weak heart, does He feel the same conflicts a mother might feel, as her child asks for something that will bring no value to them in the end? ‘I love you, but no.’
He has to know that these things will happen exactly as they play out; He is the beginning, the middle, and the End.
Truthfully, If we read the bible, we already know He feels as much as we do, likely even more. We know Jesus cried for us while here on this Earth. I think most parents would die for their own children, but God sent His Son to the cross for his not so perfect creations.
John of Patmos reveals his prophetic visions detailing the final battle between good and evil in the book of Revelations. In that final book, we receive the last warning of a sinners fate. The cowardly, the vile, the liars, the sexually immoral, the murderers and the unbelieving will burn in a second death while plunged into a lake of fiery sulfur. Jesus made it known to Him: To take away or add to the prophecy as it is written is a distortion of His word and is a sin. You cannot employ distorted interpretations to fulfill a personal agenda. You’re either all in or you’re all out. Lent is so much more than remembering the sacrifice. It’s the perfect time to take an honest look inward, to acknowledge faults, and to make firmer resolutions to uphold God’s laws. Would your actions make Jesus cry or would He smile? I want to make Jesus smile.
Make it a Winning Wednesday! God is good…