Resistance

If it doesn't exist already, there should be a book called, "You Can't Win", subtitled "Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't." We've all experienced the dictum, "You can't please all the people all of the time."  Even in the experience of Jesus. he saw it:  People criticized his cousin, John the Baptist for not eating nor drinking, claiming he was possessed by a devil. Jesus ate and drank, and he was called a glutton. Jesus compare the people to children who played the flute but still  could not get others to sing or dance (Mt 11:16-19).  All of this demonstrates that you can't make people do what you want, or what you'd like to seem them do, or what would be good for them and others. There's a natural resistance that throws up a barrier to keep the "intruder" out. Parents know this from their children, and teachers, from their students.  And if we look into our own hearts, we see the same pattern.  Does God get as frustrated with us as we do with others?  Apparently not.  He keeps trying over and over again to move us to respond to his love, giving us signs, wonders, and "lollipops" to entice us to follow his way and mature into the fullness of what he created us to be.  Dear God, break down my resistance and draw me into full compliance with your plan for me. Amen.
Bro. Rene