Thirty First Day of Lent - Concern

 

Cactus Man by Odilon Redon

25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Lady, here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this follower took her into his home. John 19.

I like the quote that in good times, a person's personality is revealed.  In bad times, it's their character.  In this part of the Good Friday story, Jesus, in agony, remembers that his mother will need a male to protect her, and defend her rights.  We understand that he asks John (the writer) to do this, and it says that Mary from that day moved to live with him.

Concern is one of the many aspects of Love. 

PRAYER: May your love within he help me to be appropriately concerned for your world.