Wednesday; August 19
Can you imagine what it was like to have been on the streets of Jerusalem when Jesus was condemned and killed? Setting aside the spiritual side for a moment, how many of us would have gone along with the crowd who lined the streets of the city that day? Which of us would have been a part of the group described as, “Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, ‘Ha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself, and come down from the cross!’” (Mark 15:29-30) … and how many of us would have been wrong! We would have been deriding an innocent man. As I thought about this, I got to thinking about how easy it is to rejoice when someone we think is wrong gets what they deserve? Isn’t it easy to feel smug – or even justified – when we are glad that bad things happen to people we think are wrong? Yet, is that the right way to be? Even if people deserve the...