Week 7 - Healing the Hearts of the Human Zoo.....One CRUSH at a time.....Blessed are the Peacemakers

Week 7 - Healing the Hearts of the Human Zoo.....One CRUSH at a time.....Blessed are the Peacemakers

Luke 19:41-42 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.”

When it comes to being a peace maker this verse has simultaneously haunted me and inspired me. 

Haunted – With minor chord melancholic music filmed in slow motion you see Jesus being lead through Jerusalem as a king while he speaks these words as a narrative over the music and the lauding crowd.

Inspired – Knowing that his descent into hell at the hands of idiot, ignorant punks leads to the soul pounding, exultant, tear-filled, intimate & joy-filled reunions Jesus had in the wake of the resurrection.

Inspired - The absolutely impossible comeback that time and time again brought ecstatic joy and passionate intimacy between bride groom and bride with each glorious appearing. 

U2’s song Always has the lyric, “here today, gone tomorrow. Crack the bone, get to the marrow.” Each sermon of this series has positively focused my attention on what’s good and necessary.

This week’s message "2 x 4’d" my mindset again (as in previous messages) to the marrow of life which is to consider it pure joy to trust that the ludicrous and laughable posture of laying down my life for anyone at anytime is the reason that I exist and the calling on my life each day/moment.

As U2 puts it in their song Zoo Station, when it comes to the high risk/excruciatingly painful/life threatening stakes of making peace in the human zoo  I want my reflex response to be…

I’m ready for the shuffle
I’m ready for the deal
I’m ready to let go of the steering wheel
I’m ready
Ready for the crush

Isaiah 53:9-10 – “though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the Lord’ will to crush him and cause him to suffer….”

(JESUS) -- “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace”…….(My prayer) “I’m ready…..ready for the crush.”