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Jesus’ Frustration

Jesus’ Frustration         “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!   But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint (or distress) I am under until it is completed!” (Luke 12:49–50).       (1)     When I read today’s passage, Luke 12:49–50, my attention was drawn to Jesus’ words: “what constraint (or distress) I am under” (v. 50).   So, I chose the title of today’s meditation as “Jesus’ Frustration.”   (a)     First, I became curious about the definition of the word “ frustration, ” so I looked it up online.   It was broadly defined in three contexts, and among them I was particularly interested in the psychological/situational frustration: “a painful state in which one feels anxious or stifled because things do not go as one wishes, or because one’s feelings are not resolved” (Internet).   (i)      ...