Switch From Hosanna to Crucify Him
6th Sunday Lent/Palm Sunday
On Palm Sunday Jews welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem as their king while waving palm branches and shouting “Hosanna to the Son of David”.
But only after five days on Good Friday they suddenly changed their tunes to angry shouts of “Crucify him”.
People are like that pickle-minded, quickly changing loyalties.
Luckily God is not like us. He never changes His attitude toward us even if we sin. He loves us when are faithful and loves even more when we are not. Even if we become faithful to Him, He remains faithful to us because He cannot deny Himself.
People change so often. Maybe it is better this way. In this manner hardened sinners have always the chance to reform and be saved in the end. In this way person who cannot forgive us at present because of the pain we have caused them will in time also forgive us, once the wounds are healed.
God is out of our time. For Him, there is no beginning nor end, no yesterday nor tomorrow because He is always now – loving, unchanging, and forgiving. Man, instead travels in time. What he was before won’t anymore be what he would be after.
If anyone is bad, give him time for he will change. If someone cannot forgive, give him time for he will eventually heal.
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