Sometimes life isn’t fair. A friend from my childhood lost her husband to brain cancer yesterday. We’re 30 years old; he was too young to die. Every 14 seconds an AIDS death leaves another child orphaned. Nearly one billion people live without access to clean water. Every 2 minutes another child is exploited in the commercial sex industry. And all I can think is: “It’s just not right.”
As we enter today’s chapter, I have that same thought. How is it that the crowd that just one week ago had been shouting praises to Jesus as he was entering Jerusalem is now shouting for him to be crucified? It’s not right. Jesus was mocked, beaten, and crucified with criminals. Was it fair? No. Was it right? No. Was it because of love? Yes.
It looked like the world was winning. Jesus was left alone. God was silent. But the story wasn’t over. In a world filled with injustice, Jesus sacrificed everything so that we might have hope.
-Gina G.
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