Think About It.

Imagine how magnificantly the angels sing when another child comes home.

Imagine how greatly the angels cry when a child has been hurt.

Imagine how much rejoicing shakes the heavens when a child takes his first step.

Just imagine.

I was talking with my parents this afternoon about staying a strong pillar when everyone around you is yelling and screaming in your face. I gave them a mental picture of what it was like for Jesus to walk all that way to the cross, with all the critizism- yelling- and lieing going on about him. Not any of it was true. There were people crying, people angry, people beating Jesus and yet even through the hardest thing anyone could go through, Jesus remained calm, with a gentle, loving spirit. He did not say a word, he did not retaliate, he did not snicker to anyone, he did not get back at everyone else when they said he was not the Messiah. He did not shove it in their faces the fact that he was the only perfect being on planet earth. He did not have to prove right then and there that everything he said and did was the Truth. Jesus did everything the Father called him to do...no more, no less. Just imagine... i bet Jesus had his mind focused on the *prize* that entire time the soldiers were beating him.... i bet he was praying every step of the way to Calvary, i bet not even for a second he felt hate or resentment for those people. The fact that Jesus was being beaten and tormented for no righteous reason did not hinder him from pressing on and finishing the race for the joy set before Him. Jesus was absolutely and completely loving and compassionate even when He was walking his own walk, right to his very death.

I think this picture of the road to Calvary is a symbol and example of how our christian lives should be lived. Think about it. Jesus was calm and gentle all the time, and always spoke the Truth with love. This life now no longer gives us any excuse to be angry or hateful towards our brother. Nothing else matters but how we choose to live, think and act and where our eternal destination is. We are commanded to love one another just as He first loved us, and obey his Word faithfully....righteously. Think about it.

Courtney <3