Tenderize

"If we are to share His glory,
we're to share in His suffering."        *
In days of yore, the Pharisees
despised, distrusted Jesus Christ.
Whatever made US think that we,
His followers, could ever be
more welcomed by the world than He?

O Lord, our God, hard hearts abound.
Our world is just a sinful now.
The task You've given us, Your church,
remains as unacceptable
today as 'twas in days of yore
when You, Yourself, walked on the earth.
Lord, tenderize their hardened hearts.


* Romans 8:17 b