CARRYING OUR CROSSES
( FROM VACATION)
The crosses of
Our life=are
Sometimes=LIFE CHANGING
They include=
The DEATH of a loved one
A betrayal=by someone close
The Loss of a job
Or a DEBILITATING ILLNESS
I have dealt
With this CHRONIC ILLNESS=
All my life=and it is
Indeed A CROSS
But Jesus=taught us
Once and FOR ALL
How to CARRY OUR CROSSES
Do it with love!
CARRYING OUR CROSSES!
With love
“Whoever wishes=to come
After me=must deny himself
TAKE UP HIS CROSS=and follow me” Matthew
16:24
These PIVOTAL MOMENTS
In life=include
A COMPLETE SURRENDE to God=
And require a
Great deal of FAITH=
CARRYING OUR CROSSES
And doing it ALL
For love=Just like our Jesus
“For Christ
Did not send me=to baptize
But to preach=the gospel--------
Not with wisdom=and eloquence
LESS THE CROSS of Christ=
Be emptied of its power”
1 Corinthians 1:17
“And having disarmed
The power of authorities
He made a public spectacle
Of them=Triumphing
Over them=BY THE CROSS”
Colossians 1:15
We all have SMALL CROSSES
In life too=but
What is most important
Is OUR RESPONSE to them
That we CARRY THEM
Just like Jesus
With patience and love
Some things in life
Are not “BAD”=
They are just challenging=
But we must respond
WITH LOVE
“……..fixing our eyes on Jesus
The pioneer=and perfecter
Of faith
For the joy=set before him
HE ENDURED THE CROSS
Scorning its shame
And sat down
At the right hand=of the throne
Of God”
Hebrews
12:2
SO FOLLOW Jesus
Follow the patron Saint
Of ordinary life=Saint Therese Liseux
NEVER MISS a chance to smile=
To leave a KIND WORD
And do it all=with love
Like Jesus=and Saint Therese
In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER LOVING=Holy
Father God!
Robert P. Wallman
8-02-2022
Ps INSPIRED by
an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda
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