Some of you know that I have a miniature donkey named Sammy. He has participated in several events at Elizabeth Presbyterian Church in the past such as the Nativity Scene, Palm Sunday, and Vacation Bible School. When I saw the following devotion I had to share it with you.
A Not-So-Stubborn Donkey
– The Editors of Guideposts
Donkeys have a reputation for stubbornness, though those who keep them will often tell you that they are intelligent creatures and that if a donkey is being stubborn, it might just be for good reason. Researchers have learned that donkeys do well in cognitive tests, scoring higher than either mules or horses, and less inclined than their equine cousins to panic.
Author Isabel George tells the story of a donkey named Murphy who was a true hero in World War I. Acting as an ambulance for stretcher bearer Jack Simpson, Murphy calmly carried wounded soldiers over the rough terrain of Gallipoli, Turkey, to a field hospital, even as shells and bullets hailed down around him.
Scripture tells us of another donkey – one whose name is never mentioned – that played a brief but crucial role in an epic story. Jesus's disciples borrowed this unassuming donkey with its owner's permission, and it carried Jesus into Jerusalem, where, just a few days later, He would be crucified.
On this Palm Sunday, we remember a day that saw crowds laying down palms before Jesus, in recognition of the royalty He was, and calling Him the King who comes in the name of the Lord. May we remember Him as the humble, gentle King bringing us salvation as He rode into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey.
Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, humble, and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
– Zechariah 9:9 (NASB).
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