...acts in our lives in ways that are more powerful than our actions can ever be. In Matthew, Jesus said, 'How often have I desired to gather your children...gathers her brood under her wings and you were not willin'!' Seems He is doing His part even when we ain't willin' to surrender to Him. Which is more...

...always before me; because he is at my right hand I shall not fall. Psalm i6:S Evening Variation •I* How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings. Luke 13:34 • Though my father and my mother forsake me, the LORD will sustain me. Psalm 27:14 Morning...

...facing desolation and destruction: 32 http://www.opensourcetheology.net/node/1146tfcomment-5387. "0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would...

...chickens. I am reminded, however, that even Jesus likened himself to a chicken: "Jerusalem, Jerusalem... how often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood" (Mt 23:37). So, like that chicken sitting on those kittens, we too have been programmed to incubate....

...Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until...

...not that what the Gospel means when the Lord laments over Jerusalem: How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! (Matt 23:37)? And Deuteronomy sounds much the same note: Like an eagle that protects its...

...to send them away hungry" (15:32). He laments over Jerusalem, "How often have I desired (ethelesa) to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling (ouk ethelesate)]" (23:37). In two instances, thelo refers to the will of one...

...Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you. How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not. Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say Blessed...

...safety in order to figure his most urgent message. He tells the "scribes and Pharisees" of Jerusalem to "gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings" (Matthew 23:37). Imagining himself in a maternal role, he would protect Jerusalem's children from a...

...Spirit." At Matthew 23:37-38 Jesus bemoans the infidelity of Jerusalem: "How often would 1 have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate." 2 Peter 2: 1 warns "of false prophets denying...