“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killer of prophets, abuser of the messengers of God! How often I’ve longed to gather your children, gather your children like a hen, Her brood safe under her wings—
but you refused and turned away!”
Jesus wept over Jerusalem because they would not let him love them as God would love them. Jesus weeps today for all of us who don’t want to be loved that much.
God wants to love us more then we want to be loved.
God wants his love to be a living power and passion in our lives, sustaining us when we are down, challenging us when we are off course, directing us when we are confused and loving us into joyful obedience and hopeful servant hood, no matter what.
We don’t want that!
It is scary to be loved by God that much, for it “demands our life our soul our all.” It means I can no longer play at being religious; I have to mean it.
“How often I’ve longed to gather
your children, gather your
children like a hen, Her
brood safe under her wings.”
Jesus
Prayer thought for the week: “Lord, let your love move me beyond just being religious, to being a loving servant in how I live. Amen”
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