Queen Anne 

Several years ago I worked in industry developing technology for printers. During the early years of the internet, interesting problems occurred in printing from the web.  One project that I worked on was to ensure that what a person wanted to print from their computer screen was actually what got printed. It sounds like a no-brainer, but this was a difficult task, and it was quite dissatisfying to our customers when the printed item was different from what showed on the screen.  As always in industry, we developed a nickname for our work. It was called WYSIWYG, (What You See Is What You Get) pronounced wizzywig.

This concept of wysiwyg came to mind as I was reading about Jesus as he entered Jerusalem.  At the beginning, with palms waving, the crowds cheered and shouted Hosanna, expecting him to be the messiah, the king, the one to save them.  Just days later, Jesus had not changed.  He remained steadfast to God’s will.  The crowd on the other hand had stopped shouting Hosanna and now shouted Crucify Him.  What they got was no longer what they wanted.

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