Some of the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into their headquarters and called out the entire regiment. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him. They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!” And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it. When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified. [Matthew 27.27-31]
Father, I have no words today. But what I do have is a knot in my stomach as I read of the treatment Jesus received. There is a part of me that wishes He could have had more time to teach and heal so that we might understand Him even better. But then, it is clear that He accomplished every single thing He came to accomplish. May Jesus' treatment as revealed today, and His crucifixion following have their full effect on me. Help me to savor the suffering before rejoicing in the resurrection. I don't want to miss a thing...
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