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Humans have a natural tendency to be conflicted over many things in life, and if you are spiritual, the inability to help those you care for and love can be most distressing. Imagine a small child falling into a deep river and is drowning, you are nearby and see it all but cannot swim, there is no one in sight to whom you can request assistance and you are helpless to give that kid any help whatsoever. Imagine a more painful situation; the young child is your offspring and therefore your responsibility. How deep must be the pain, when with every fibre, you want to help but are unable to do so.
The real, everyday world does this to caring people the world over, and no matter how often it happens the scars of such failures are as raw and excruciating as ever.
We will do well to remember that there are many caring people all over the world. After all most religions are strong on caring for people even if that caring is sometimes limited to those of their own faith tradition.
Christians are no exception since we care greatly for people, but even so we care most of all for those of the household of faith, not because we are partial but rather because it is natural to favour those who are on your side and are pulling in the same direction.
Helplessness, or at any rate, the feeling of helplessness is one of life's most frustrating challenges.
Think of the greatest, wisest and most powerful person ever to walk this earth and, would you believe it, he was frustrated just the same way some of us are.
Of course I am referring to Jesus Christ.
Here is Jesus, specially sent to first rescue the Jews from their damnation and eventual separation from God and here is what he says:
" O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." (Matthew 23:37-39)
Notice Jesus' frustration embodied in the following phrases:
"...how often would I
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