Carrying the cross Luke 23:26-31
As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ Then
“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
Take a moment for these words to sit at peace within you.
It is not our task to analyse them, but to notice what rises within us.
Prayer
An innocent bystander caught up in the drama, there was no choice for him as the soldiers pulled him out of the crowd. In a small we, we carry some of this pain – and it may seem unbearable at times. Gods grace sustains us through these times and strengthens us. Enable us Father, to see through this pain and live to your glory. Amen.
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