What's in your "heart-vault"?
Crowds have a way of pressing in on us, being a little unwieldy, and just plain rude, don't they? Give people enough to "gawk" at and they will congregate quicker than ants on honey. I call them "looky-loos" - they are they for the "show", not for much else. They come to see, certainly not to participate. They come interested in what they might get, not in what they might give away. What draws a crowd? Isn't it the spectacular, the unexpected, and the unusual? Jesus was all of these things. Spectacular - dramatically daring as he went against the Pharisees and dared to challenge their "religious-ness". Unexpected - surprising those who least expected his touch or care with the deepest expressions of his love. Unusual - shocking them with the extraordinary and the uncommon display of power, grace, and wisdom. He was a crowd "gatherer", but he was also a crowd "divider". The same things which drew many to him a...