A ROPE AND THORNS

 

As Jesus came out of the garden after praying, the powers that be along with Judas were there.  Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss.  There's more to the story, but remember, I'm in the simple egg version here. I encourage you to read your Bible for yourself.

Today's eggs hold a piece of rope and a twig of thorns.   The rope reminds us that Jesus was bound and taken away to the "courts".  The twig of thorns reminds us that a crown of thorns was placed on his head, he was ridiculed, he was whipped, and so much more of inflicted pain.  

I always was sad at the thought of the pain of that crown of thorns so when I saw this twig in the egg, my heart hurt.  I'm reminded, too, of a few weeks back when I was out in the edge of my yard to pick some jonquils.  The ones I wanted had a bush of thorns hanging over them.  These particular blooms were unique so since I now have a new hip, I managed carefully to somewhat squat to reach them to cut.  I did not consider the thorn bush since I was somewhat squatting.  A piece of the bush got tangled in my hair and in my ear.  It hurt.  It really hurt.  Badly.  It took a bit of doing but I managed to get it disconnected from me but not without a bloody ear.  It took a bit of time for healing of that ear.  I think back now and consider even more the pain that the crown of thorns must have been to Jesus as it was pushed hard down onto his head.  The picture I see in my mind of this breaks my heart.   A little thorn but such huge pain and destruction.

Consider....