I'm watching the sun sink slowly behind the Malvern Hills, after a good day when I've actually got quite a bit of work done. If I could just get rid of whatever has been ailing my throat and chest for nearly a fortnight, life would be even better!
Tomorrow is Palm Sunday when we celebrate Jesus riding into Jerusalem to be hailed as King by an ecstatic crowd. Yet within less than a week that crowd was shouting "Crucify him, crucify him". Isn't it interesting how some things never change? How many people can we all think of who have been feted in the media one week, only to be vilified the next?
It is often because they do not deliver totally unrealistic expectations, and this was what happened to Jesus. The crowd thought that he would drive the Romans out of the land of Israel, not realising that his Kingdom was one of peace rather than war. When he seemed more interested in putting things right in the Jewish Temple, the Jewish religious leaders and the people turned against him.
Christians should always stand up for what is right rather than what is popular, but sometimes we find good excuses for the easy option - and sometimes, in a comlex world, it's not always easy to agree on what is "right".
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