In this story we see three characters: Jesus, Zaccheus and the crowd. In our lives we will have the opportunity to be any of these three. Will we be like Zaccheus, trying to experience Jesus but from afar, where it's safe? Will we be like the crowd, that can't see past a mistake and can't accept that Jesus would be with someone "like that?" Will we be like Jesus, and take a step closer to those others despise and offer a second chance.
