WHAT IS THIS THING=CALLED THE CROSS?
(Doing the RIGHT=and Honorable thing)
Jesus tells us=THAT FOLLOWING HIM=will not=always be EASY=He
tells us=
IT IS THE WAY OF THE CROSS=and it is NOT always pleasurable=In
fact=it is
A WAY=of giving ourselves IN SACRIFICE=of LOVING=it is=THE
WAY=OF THE
CROSS!=The way of THE Lord is=all of that=”You will be HATED
by all=Because
Of my name……..”
Luke 21:17
And that is the WAY it was=SOME 2,000 years ago=His apostles
and disciples=
SUFFERED ridicule=hatred=PERSECUTION=betrayal=imprisonment=and
even death=
And for some today=IT still is that way=But for many of us
today=many of us Christians=
It is NOT that way=especially for you and me=But we still
EXPERIENCE the coldness=
THE INDIFFERENCE=the ingratitude=the luke warmness=and
ULTIMATE REJECTION=
Of our faith=and what WE BELIEVE=So pick UP=Your cross=and
FOLLOW JESUS
Anywhere=DO THE RIGHT and honorable thing=and live
SACRIFICIAL LOVE
“And when your
children=ask you’=’What does this CEREMONY=Mean to you?’=then
Tell them=’It is the PASSOVER SACRIFICE=to the Lord=who
passed over=The houses of=
The Israelites in Egypt=and spared our homes=When he=Struck
down the Egyptians’”
Exodus 12:26-27
“MY SACRIFICE=Oh God=Is a broken spirit=A broken and
contrite heart=You God=
Will not despise”
Psalm 51:17
“For I desire mercy=NOT SACRIFICE=and acknowledgement of
God=Rather than burnt
Offerings”
Hosea 6:6
What is SACRIFICIAL LOVE?=It is DOING something for
someone=WHEN it is inconvenient
For you=It is PICKING UP=the spirit of someone=WHO IS
BROKEN=and encouraging them=
When they are FEELING DOWN=It is DOING THE RIGHT=and
honorable thing=by REACHING
Out=to that person=In need=OVER and over again=It can be
done=an ANY number of ways
BEING PATIENT=with an aging parent=Showing KINDNESS to a stranger=Giving
TIME=to a
NEEDY CHILD=Donating to a cause=or even Just PRAYER to the
Holy Father God and his SON=
Every single day of your life=The SUMBOL of Christianity is
the CROSS=Not a lazy boy
Reclining chair=What is THIS THING=CALLED THE CROSS?
“Then he said to them’=’Whoever wants to be=My disciple=Must
deny themselves=Take
Up their CROSS=Daily and follow me’”
Luke 9:23
“For Christ did NOT=send me to baptize=But to preach the
gospel--------Not with wisdom
And eloquence=LEST the CROSS of Christ=Be emptied of its
power” 1 Corinthians 1:17
“And having disarmed the powers and authorities=He made a
public spectacle of them=
Triumphing over them=BY THE CROSS”
Colossians 2:15
And so my sisters=and my BROTHERS=What is YOUR CROSS?==in
your Christianity=that
IS making things UNCOMFORTABLE for you?=What is MAKING it tough
for you=TO FOLLOW
The Lord?=to follow=THE WAY OF THE CROSS?=Whatever it
is=Overcome it=CHOOSE THE
RIGHT and honorable way=OF FOLLOWING JESUS!=Choose
love=CHOOSE SACRIFICE=Choose
THE WAY=of the CROSS!=”Whenever the living creatures=GIVE
glory=HONOR and thanks=
To him=who sits on the throne=and who LIVES=forever and
ever…….” Revelation
4:9
SO SISTERS and brothers=Choose the WAY OF THE CROSS=Choose
the WAY OF LOVE=
Do the honorable and right thing ALWAYS!
In Jesus’ name=And in the name=OF our forever living=and
forever loving HONORABLE
FATHER GOD=who always does=THE RIGHT THING!
Robert P. Wallman
11-13-2025
Ps INSPIRED=by
an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sister Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.
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