Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what
you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as
you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a
spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson: (1803 – 1882: American
essayist, lecturer, and poet
Gospel Text: (Lk
19:41-44)
As Jesus
drew near Jerusalem,
he saw the city and wept over it, saying,
“If this day you only knew what makes for peace–
but now it is hidden from your eyes.
For the days are coming upon you
when your enemies will raise a palisade against you;
they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides.
They will smash you to the ground and your children within you,
and they will not leave one stone upon another within you
because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
he saw the city and wept over it, saying,
“If this day you only knew what makes for peace–
but now it is hidden from your eyes.
For the days are coming upon you
when your enemies will raise a palisade against you;
they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides.
They will smash you to the ground and your children within you,
and they will not leave one stone upon another within you
because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
Today! What other day is there?
If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Psalm 95
Jesus wept over a city
that had rejected him. God had visited his people and they did not recognize
him. Jesus wanted to give the city an eternal Today of peace. But it was not to
be. Sadly, the city would have future Todays but those Todays would see the
tragic destruction of the city Jesus loved so much. Today came. God visited.
They did not recognize him.
If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Psalm 95
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