CARRYING OUR CROSSES THIS LENT

 

CARRYING OUR CROSSES=THIS LENT

 

LENT is a difficult time= for us

It calls us=to be SERVANTS=to think

That others are MORE IMPORTANT than us

 

To get CLOSER to God=by living

IN HUMILITY=and by=CARRYING OUR CROSSES

For our Jesus tells us=to be THE LEAST=and

That is HOW=we become great

CARRYING OUR CROSSES+THIS LENT

 

“The GREATEST among you=

MUST BE YOUR SERVANT”                                                                                                Matthew 23:11

 

Jesus just didn’t say this=He walked the walk

And he TALKED the talk=he is=THE EXAMPLE

For us all

 

BEFORE=we can get the CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS=

Like Jesus=We have to CARRY our crosses=OUR HEAVY CROSSES

Of health=of finances=and LAST but certainly not least

OUR RELATTIONSHIP CROSSES=and all our crosses in between

CARRYING OUR CROSSES this Lent

 

“You yourselves have seen=what I did

To Egypt=and how I CARRIED YOU=on

Eagles’ wings=and brought you=to myself”                                                                     Exodus 19:4

 

“……..Like an eagle=that stirs up its nest=

And hovers over its young=that spreads its wings

To catch them=And CARRIES them aloft”                                                                          Deuteronomy 32:11

 

We were BROUGHT UP=in a society=to win

AT ALL COSTS=But Jesus tells us=that we have

To be the least=to be the GREATEST=what a PARADOX

 

And we become great=BY CARRYING OUR CROSSES

In Jesus’ name=Jesus did it himself=LITERALLY

 

CARRYING OUR CROSSES=for God our Holy Father

And Jesus=our EXAMPLE=He teaches how to BE GREAT=

So be HUMBLE=Like the Lord

 

“The greatest among you= will be your servant=For

Those who exalt themselves=WILL BE HUMBLED=and those

Who humble themselves=will be exalted”                                                                            Matthew 23:11-12

 

“This man=was handed over to you=by

God’s deliberate plan=and foreknowledge=and you

With the help of wicked men=put him to death=by

NAILING HIM=to the CROSS”                                                                                                       Acts 2:23

 

The apostles don’t know it=We don’t know it

But being a DISCIPLE to the Lord=Is PAVED

With our sufferings=our persecution=and our pain

But we can OVERCOME ALL=like our Jesus

 

Jesus CARRIED his crosses for us=we can

CARRY OUR CROSSES=for him=and the Holy Father God

CARRYING OUR CROSSES for Jesus=this Lent

 

“Then he said to them’=’Whoever wants to be

MY DISCIPLE=must deny themselves=and

TAKE UP THEIR CROSS DAILY=and follow me’”                                                                      Luke 9:23

 

We will NEVER=have to die on the cross=but

THE CLOSER=we are to Jesus=the more we

WILL have to=CARRY OUR CROSSES

 

THE GOSPEL WRITINGS=tell us that=BY BECOMING LESS

We become MORE=giving in service=LIVING IN SERVICE

Living in HUMILITY to Almighty God=if we do this

MAYBE some day=we will be GREAT IN HEAVEN=and

BE with our Lord

CARRYING OUR CROSSES!=This Lent

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name==of our EVER LIVING=ever forgiving

Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-19-2024

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Dcn. Greg Kandra