BEARING OUR CROSSES

 

BEARING OUR CROSSES

We all have CROSSES

In this world=we all have

Things we have

To FIGHT through

To CONTINUE with our lives

In the days of Christ=Jesus

And his followers had to

PAY for their cross=

By paying it

With their actual lives=

Sometimes=this is

STILL TRUE TODAY

“If they persecuted me-

They will

Also persecute you” John 15:20

Today=more often than not

We have to CARRY

Our crosses through life

And still FIND A WAY

To be a beacon of hope

A BEACON of happiness

For others

Some people are NATURAL

At this=they find a way to be HEROS

And examples for others

You would never know

That they are

CARRYING their crosses too

BEARING our crosses=and being

GREAT EXAMPLES for others

“I have set you

AN EXAMPLE=that you

Should do=as I

Have done for you” John 13:15

“FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE

As I follow

The EXAMPLE of Christ” 1 Corinthians 11:1

“Don't let anyone

Look down on you

Because you are young

But set an EXAMPLE

For the believers

In speech=in conduct=

In love=in faith=and in purity” 1 Timothy 4:12

Yes we ALL have

CROSSES to bear in this life

Health crosses=financial crosses=

And relationship crosses=

CROSSES of every type

SOME of us have

Lots of crosses and

ALL of the above

But we have to

BEAR OUR CROSSES=

We have to be

EXAMPLES OF GOODNESS

Just like Jesus and his followers

WERE some 2,000 years ago

We have to be

Living examples of GOODNESS

For the Christian faith

In today's world=

Let your PRESENCE make a difference

BEAR YOUR CROSSES! Well

“You are GOOD=

And what you do

IS GOOD=

Teach me your decrees” Psalm 119:68

“But to you=who are listening

I say=

Love your enemies=

DO GOOD to those

Who hate you” Luke 6:27

Yes my dear friends=

BE LIVING EXAMPLES

Of good=in today's world

Be an example of Jesus

In today's world

BEAR YOUR CROSSES! Well=

Take up your crosses and

TESTIFY by being LIVING WITNESSES

For the love of God

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our always=living-LOVING HOLY FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

5-06-2021