I am sure I have been around a donkey or two at a zoo or other wildlife preserve.
But I have never ridden one. Nor have I had to lead one anywhere.
In the last year of my earthly father’s life, he shared a story with me I had never heard before about a time he handled two donkeys.
He shared he was responsible for getting these two donkeys from one location to where his father was waiting for him.
At one point, the donkey he was riding stopped and refused to move forward. The other donkey also stopped. My dad said he did everything he could think of to get those donkeys moving again.
Donkeys have a reputation for being stubborn, which my father experienced firsthand.
What does this have to do with Matthew 21:1-11?
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