On this Sabbath, take comfort in the knowledge that following the way of Jesus is difficult, but we may always find rest in him.
Many of us are built like walking, talking atomic bombs, but our unstable core is emotional rather than radioactive.
When our world changes, and it is not for the better, it is all the more important to know where the rock beneath our feet is found.
If Jesus could have claimed for his hometown a more populated or respected city, such as Jerusalem, he might have had an easier time building a following.
God did not choose the clean and easy way of establishing Jesus’s lineage because there wasn’t one. But he used the people who made themselves available to him.
Whether consciously or not, we are constantly conditioning ourselves, training our brains, our hearts, and our souls to yearn for certain things.
So often, when we choose the less difficult path in the immediate, we are simply transmuting one difficulty into another.
If entropy is everything falling apart, shalom is everything made whole, and Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Shalom).