Do you have any regrets in your life? Do you feel as if there are some unfinished business? Opportunities come and go.
We can choose to seize such opportunities, or we can choose to ignore
them and let them go by. At the end of the day, whether we end up with regrets or unfinished business or not depends on us. It is the same when it comes to our relationship with God. God gives us many opportunities to grow closer in relationship
with Him, and it is up to us to seize such opportunities, or end up
being left behind.
In today's Gospel, Jesus shed tears over Jerusalem because the Jews had heard His message but His message of peace did not sink into their hearts. The Jews
did not heed the signs that God gave them because of their stubbornness
and refusal to change. As a result, Jerusalem and the Temple were
destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD, and the Jews who attempted to revolt
against the Romans were destroyed and crushed.
We too may suffer a
similar fate, if we procrastinate or remain obstinate in our ways, if we do not hear Jesus' message and let His message of peace sink into their hearts. God
is patient and loving to all of us, and He gives us many opportunities
to build a deeper and closer relationship with Him. We can choose to
walk humbly in His ways, or choose to do things our way. Let us be
mindful of the consequences of our actions.
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