Cornerstone

Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. 2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. 5 He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.6 "He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, 'They will respect my son.'7 "But the tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' 8 So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.9 "What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven't you read this passage of Scripture:
" 'The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;11 the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes' "Mark 11:15-17

Yesterday I was feeling a little rejected, a little unloved and unappreciated as a result of my beliefs on a certain subject that is closely related to my faith. This morning Jesus reminds me through this parable how He was rejected and how He was unjustly tortured and killed all the while knowing that it was going to happen and yet willing to suffer through it in order that our relationship with God could be restored and renewed through His sacrifice. And now today, His love abounds, even to those who nailed Him to a cross and even to you and I as we, at times, nail Him to a cross all over again through our sin. He continues to pursue us and to love us in the midst of rejection and in the midst of choices that are not in alignment with His will for our lives because He is love and because His love is so much bigger and so much greater than we could ever begin to comprehend or imagine. Jesus is our cornerstone today as we are forever anchored in His almighty, unconditional and unfailing love that will never let us go!

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