Sad and Angry
Mission Accomplished, Day 2
Luke 19:41-48 and Mark 11:17
In tonight’s Bible passage, we see that Jesus is entering the city and knows what awaits Him, so I can’t help but wonder- is He weeping for the people that won’t accept Him? Or is He weeping because He knows what’s getting ready to happen? He knew and He went anyway, He willingly died for our sins, but at the same time He is getting ready to endure an unthinkably painful death and the earthly life he has led for the past 33 years is coming to an end- seems like plenty of reason to weep! Jesus coming to earth as a baby and living as a human, means He understands the emotions and events we endure in our earthly lives. So perhaps, this earthly feeling he is experiencing, further enhances His empathy for us as humans, when it’s our time and we see that light at the end of the tunnel, (granted I’ve not been in a near-death experience) I would imagine it’s exciting, scary, and sad all at the same time- knowing you are going to Heaven, possibly being scared of those final moments, (will it hurt, what will it feel like) but also being sad for the life you are leaving behind.
Jesus then continues, right? He enters the town, He’s teaching, and He comes into the temple courts. We all know the rest of this account, right? He gets angry! So it makes me stop and wonder, what would Jesus’s reaction be if He came into my house? My church? My workplace? Would He be pleased with where my focus is and what my surroundings say about me? Do I leave room to welcome others? Or is my life too full with other motives?
I feel like this is a path we could keep going down, so in an effort to keep these short- this is a school/ work night after all- let’s change gears just a bit and work on the family activity! I found these great stones and kid-friendly (WASHABLE) paint on Amazon!
Since I’m working with littles here, our project more turned into just and arts and crafts night but it kept them still long enough that we were able to discuss praising God and a little bit more of the Easter story! I’m curious to know- those of you with littles, how do you tell your kids the Easter story to avoid the more gruesome details but not leave out the important stuff?!
