YOU!

And He was teaching daily in the temple...--Luke 19:47

 

The Passion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the hope of glory and a lesson in patience.--St. Augustine

 

If you read the accounts of the days that followed the entrance into Jerusalem on the donkey, you feel a growing tension. He cleanses the temple, He tells more parables about God's love and suffering. He talks about the destruction of the temple, He is questioned more than ever about the things of God. Jesus seems as focused as we have ever seen Him. The scribes are focused too. They want to kill him and they look for every chance they can to lay hands on Him. Jesus never wavers in His calling. He came to set us free from sin and death. He came to give us eternal hope. He came to show us how to live in grace, liberty, and holiness! He was about the Father's will, He was about giving Himself away so that we would give ourselves away. His patience with those that would kill Him is really mind boggling. He keeps pounding away with His message of Truth until the last minute, scattering seeds. We must never give up on those around us. We must pray, love, and hope for them to come home. We must scatter the seeds of love and truth as our Lord did. His passion is building as we get closer to Gethsemane. Lord, may our passion for you grow, and may it conquer our fears, so that our lives will be about one thing, YOU!

 

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