CARRYING OUR CROSSES

CARRYING OUR CROSSES


You have CROSSES in life=
I do too=And Jesus
Had his own
VERY HEAVY CROSSES


We all have to
CARRY them=to the BEST
Of our abilities=no matter
HOW HEAVY
That they are


“Whoever does not
Carry his OWN CROSS


And come after me
CANNOT be my disciple” Luke 14:27


Do you ever wonder
If you are on
JESUS' list
Of his disciples?


Are you carrying the CROSSES
To the best
Of your ability?


Maybe you are=and I am=
Some of Jesus'
DISCIPLES too


These crosses
Are darn heavy


We stay ACTIVE
On Jesus' approved disciples
List=by CARRYING our crosses


“Carrying his OWN CROSS-
He went out to
The place of the skull
(Which in Aramaic
Is called Golgotha)” John 19:17


“His purpose
Was to create
In himself
One new humanity
Out of the two=


Thus making peace
And in one body
To reconcile both of them to God
THROUGH THE CROSS


By which he
Put to death
Their hostility” Ephesians 2:16


“And having disarmed
The powers-
And authorities


He has made a public spectacle
Out of them
Triumphing over them
BY THE CROSS” Colossians 2:15


We all have
MANY CROSSES


Those people in the
Senior LIVING CENTER=
They have many crosses


They are JESUS' DISCIPLES too=
Those people carrying
CHRONIC ILLNESSES-
They have worries=anxieties=
And CROSSES


They are
APPROVED DISCIPLES TOO


We are TRYING
To CARRY our crosses
To the best of
Our ability


Jesus carried a HEAVY
WOODEN CROSS=and internally
A much heavier one


He kept walking
ALL THE WAY to Calgary
And did not turn back


KEEP walking and carrying
Your cross=you are HIS DISCIPLE TOO


“What Jesus did here
In Cana of Galilee
Was the first


Of the signs
Through which
He revealed his glory


And his DISCIPLES
Believed in him” John 2:11


KEEP carrying YOUR CROSS=if it
Is not heavy
It is NOT A CROSS


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
11-5-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. James McKarns