CROWD

I have no idea how to blog.  But, I've read many times we should write for 5-10 minutes every day.  Writing about things that matter help us see them differently, internalize them, and for me, seek His answers.  

So, last night my twitter feed I call "God bloggers" was abuzz with #fmfparty. It seems the leader of their "crowd" has a Five Minute Friday hook-up.  I know that a hook-up is a link on one blog to a lot of others about the same topic. I'm not linking it, but I thought it would be a good exercise.  5 minutes, one unplanned topic.  Kinda like ISTEP for this Mom!

Ready. Set. 10:51 a.m. Go.



Don't Follow The Crowd


Probably every lent season I'm impressed by something different - depending on what is going on in my heart at the time.  As a highly-sensitive person, I love the Palm Sunday triumphant entry story, and hate the Crucifixion. Easter season is difficult for me, it brings up too many emotions that I often try to avoid.  This season I'm thinking about the crowd, and how I react in crowds.

Luke 19:37: As he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Oives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen."

The crowd was welcoming Him.  No doubt there were those in the crowd caught up in the moment, welcoming Him but not really understanding who He was.

Only days later in Luke 23 we see that Jesus had been delivered to Pilate and was about to be set free for he could find no wrong in him.  But, when he called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, they said "not so quickly".  "Away with this man."

The crowd turned quickly.  No doubt there were many in this crowd that only days earlier praised Him as THE KING.  Now, they turned their back on Him.

I can't help but remember Jesus' words in Mark 8:29 "But, who do you say I am?"

Really, in the end - the actual end - the only thing that will matter is what you believe. The crowd will be gone, and you'll stand before your Heavenly Father, Your Maker and you'll answer to Him.  "Who do you say I am".... 

You are God alone, who sent His only begotten Son to die for me, and because I believe in you, you provide your Holy Spirit as my gift.

Don't follow the crowd.... follow Him.



DONE: 10:59 (OOPS - two phone calls in between).