The Solitary Life
Jesus was born of Jewish parents in an obscure village.
Reflection questions:
Jesus was born of Jewish parents in an obscure village.
- The child of a peasant woman, he grew up in another obscure village.
- He worked in a carpenter's shop until he was thirty.
- For three years he became an itinerant preacher.
- He never held office.
- He never owned a home.
- He never had a family.
- He never went to college.
- He never put his foot inside a big city.
- He never traveled more than 200 miles from the place where he was born.
- He never did any of those things which usually accompanied greatness.
- His friends ran away.
- His friends turned over to his enemies
- He went through the mockery of a trial
- He was Scourged and crucified.
- His executioners gambled for the piece of property he had - his coat.
- When he was dead, he was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.
- Today he is the centerpiece of much of the human race.
- All the armies that have eevr marched,
- all the navies that were ever built,
- all the parliaments that ever sat,
- all the kings that ever reign put together
- have not affected the life of a man upon this earth
- as powerfully as this ONE SOLITARY LIFE.
Reflection questions:
- Think about your life now. How is your life different with that of Jesus? How is it similar?
- How would you describe your relationship with Jesus now? Compare your relationship with Jesus with how you relate with your parents and siblings.
- Who is Jesus to you? What can you do to respond to Jesus invitation of having a personal relationship with Him?
