The thing on my mind

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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 crucified the 'Jesus' in an individual? It's scary when you think about it!   I am abashed by these thoughts.  Yet, I also know that this lesson, unlike that of Tom Paxton's song, is not to late for the learning.    

Yesterday, I attended a funeral and today, I shall attend another.   One of the individuals I felt a close bond to, the other I felt no bond yet I felt.  These deaths like Jesus' make me reflect on what I'd had in common with them: what were the associations that brought us together?  In those engagements, I hope I was not unkind because indeed it was the last thing on my mind.  In my encounter with Jesus and the 'Jesus' each day, I pray that I am not unkind.  Don't make Spirit the last thing on your mind.

Share your thoughts on this writing, please.  Use the link below to listen to Tom Paxton's song.  I'm sure you've heard it before.



Have a good one!



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