Everyone's Scapegoat!

I thought of penning down a few reflections even as I sat tired and upset. Of many things that passed through the mind something struck me very honestly. I suppose this is something very common in our lives. Whether we like it or not many a time we either are scapegoat or make others to be. We are upset when we are made to be scapegoats by someone and hardly do we realize when we make someone to be. I wish to share about someone whom I make a scapegoat to be whenever I am slighted and insulted. This  person is Jesus Christ Himself. Whenever I meet with difficulties, my goings become tough I feel easy to severe my relationship with one person and that person is Jesus. The intellect tells me that I should turn to Him in my moments of difficulty rather than severing my ties with Him by blaming Him for all the pain - for which most often directly or indirectly I am the cause. In actuality I do what is done to me. 
There is something special about this person whom I make a scapegoat. He suffers it for me gladly as He did once on earth. He draws me more and more even I remain adamant and unforgiving. I feel he is 'everyone's' scapegoat, someone who continues to suffer for me and you even after doing everything for our good. Looking at Him we realize the immense love with which he beckons all of us in spite of our repeated rejection of His love. The Lord on the Cross tells me the extent to which I can bear my pain without complaining. Jesus is not to be blamed for all our wrongs and He understands perfectly our woes and miseries. What is the gain in rejecting the perfect friendship when we suffer? Let us seek Him in our pain rather than avoiding Him.

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