Third Day of Lent - Rejection

 

La Rêve by Pablo Picasso

He was despised and people rejected him, A person of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Isaiah 53:3

What a waste!  The monarch arrives to meet the people, but no one turns out to see them.  The intention was to to bring wealth to solve the local problems.  But there is no one there.  Why did they do that?  How does the monarch feel about that?  In history most Monarchs would have punished the people severely.  This one does not.  Rejection is returned with mercy, not hellfire.

PRAYER:  Forgive me when I am not there for you.  I intend to open my arms, just as you open them to me.