Emphasis Preaching Journal
Sometimes, no matter how much...
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Sometimes, no matter how much he begs or screams, a six-year-old does not get that ice cream cone he so badly wants. A teenager does not get his curfew extended. A man does not get the promotion he feels entitled to. We can pray, beg, bargain, wail, threaten, coax -- sometimes there are things we cannot change. We might feel let down or cheated, adopt "life isn't fair" as our bitter mantra, and mope about for a few weeks. But let's not lose track of ourselves. Jesus had a major letdown, too. And his was a little bit more extreme than ours tend to be.