February 18, 2021
Thursday wey follow Ash Wednesday
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Jesus tell Im disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer well-well, and the elders, chief priests and scribes go reject Am. Dem go kill Am, and on the third day, E go rise from the dead.” Luke 9:22
Jesus know say E go suffer well-well, dem go reject Am and kill Am. How you go handle this kind knowledge if you somehow know say na wetin go happen to you for future be this? Fear go fill most people heart, and dem go put all their mind for how dem go take avoid am. But no be so our Lord do. This passage above show how E don make up Im mind to accept Im Cross with confidence and courage wey no dey shake.
This na just one of the many times wey Jesus begin tell Im disciples about wetin dey wait for Am. And each time E talk like this, most of the disciples either keep quiet or refuse to accept wetin E talk. Remember, for example, how Saint Peter react when Jesus tell dem about the suffering wey E go face. Peter talk say, “God forbid, Lord! This kind thing no go ever happen to You” (Matthew 16:22).
As we read this passage above, we fit clearly see our Lord strength, courage and how E make up Im mind, because E talk so clear and sure. And na Im love dey move Jesus to talk with this kind strong conviction and courage.
Too many times, people dey understand “love” as one strong, good feeling. Dem dey see am as something wey dey draw person or something wey person like well-well. But no be love for im truest form be that. True love na to choose to do wetin good pass for another person, no matter wetin e go cost, no matter how hard e be. True love no be feeling wey dey look for how to satisfy only yourself. True love na strength wey no dey shake, wey dey seek only the good of the person wey you love.
Jesus love for all human beings strong so tey e move Am with great power to face the death wey dey wait for Am. E make up Im mind without shaking to sacrifice Im life for all of us, and nothing fit ever stop Am from that mission.
For our own lives, e easy to forget wetin true love really be. E easy for our own selfish desires to carry us away, and we go think say na love these desires be. But dem no be love.
Today, tink deep about how our Lord make up Im mind without shaking to love all of us with love wey dey make sacrifice: to suffer well-well, to endure rejection, and to die for the Cross. Nothing fit ever stop Am from this love. We too must show this same love wey dey make sacrifice.
My Lord wey love me, I thank You because You make up Your mind without shaking to sacrifice Yourself for all of us. I thank You for this true love wey deep pass wetin anybody fit understand. Give me the grace wey I need, dear Lord, to turn away from every kind of selfish love, so that I fit follow Your example and share for Your most perfect love wey dey make sacrifice. I truly love You, dear Lord. Help me to love You and other people with all my heart. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Picture wey we feature above: Dem Dey Mock Christ, by Pietro della Vecchia
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