“Troubled”!
“Jesus
was deeply troubled”!
There seems to be a growing distress in Jesus echoing
the Suffering Servant song: “ I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing,
uselessly, spent my strength”.
How often we have felt this when everything we
worked for, spent our energies and feel like the rug is pulled from under us.
All seems to be a useless task.
It is a heart breaking moment for Jesus. Jesus
realizes that his close friends are going to desert him, betray him, deny him,
abandon him, and hide from him when he needed them the most.
Jesus was troubled
about his disciples not so much about himself.
It must have taken a lot of inner soul searching and leaning hard on the
One who will strengthen him to go on with the suffering of Calvary moments.
How
often do we feel troubled about the new generation?
The attitudes and
decisions, and choices of people that are less life-giving and more
death-dealing?
The lack of trust, commitment and responsibility of those for
whom we have invested our time, talent and treasure?
The growing fundamentalism,
radicalism, materialism, and throw-away and merciless culture?
The growing
disparity between the rich and the poor?
Many are the troubles of Jesus looking
at the human person today.
Why would Jesus be troubled about you and me?
Help
me God,
to trust and hope in you
when I am troubled.
Meditation Songs:
Only In God is my soul at rest:
God anole is enough:
Father I put my life in your hands:
