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View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

I couldn't help but love Jerusalem when I visited it.  Israel is so much smaller than you imagine when reading the Scriptures, most places an easy drive from another.  But then you enter the Holy City and first glimpse it from the Mount of Olives.  The city is sprawling with people in every corner and the giant Temple Mount dominating the skyline.  The voices rise from her streets in several languages, mixing in a beautiful symphony, and the smells bombard your senses like sweet perfume.  It is simply breathtaking.

On Monday of Jesus' last week on earth He looked over the city that God had chosen so many years before and He wept.  In the city where God's Presence had rested, Kings had reigned and battles had been waged, the people were like a sheep without a shepherd.  Their King stood before them and they missed Him.  They would look Him right in the eye and spit upon Him.  Jesus wept because He did not want one of His children to perish and it broke His heart that some would choose to deny Him, others betray Him and most miss Him altogether.

Remember this Holy Week how deep His love is for His children, like the shepherd for His flock that He lovingly tends each day...

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