The thing on my mind
This week is a revered one for Christians. It is the Holy Week. The week when we followers of Christ contemplate the agony He went through for us. In my contemplation, I'm still stuck on Palm Sunday; my mind is pondering on how quickly we human beings can move from praise and adulation to condemnation and abhorence! Today, as we read Mark 15, the suffering of Jesus is brought to bear, the mockery and humiliation! I am humbled to know that the Prince of Peace accepted such degradation for me! I am also struck by the revelation that often in life we too go through our "holy week" and I ask myself "how many times have we been praised yesterday and criticized today by the very persons in whom we've trusted?" How many times have our virtues been labelled as iniquities? I am taken aback when I study these things. What's more, I ask myself "how many times have I shown love which quickly turned to anathema?" How many times have I crucifi