However, each time He got up and continued His journey. Jesus fell under the weight of the cross, under the weight of our sins, so He knows best of all how heavy the cross is. During the Stations of the Cross we meditate on His falling three times on His way to Calvary. Perhaps there are times when, like the disciple in the story, everything seems too much and we feel we cannot go on. For not only is Jesus the Way, the Truth and the Life but also since the earliest days of the Church, Christians have been known as ‘followers of the Way’. The only way for Christians is the way of Jesus, and that is the way of the cross. This is not popular and never has been, however the reality of the cross is central to our faith. Jesus said to all who would listen ‘whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me’ (Luke 9:23). “My child,” said the Lord gently, “this is the very same cross that I in my loving wisdom had chosen for you, the one you have been carrying.” After much searching the disciple presented the cross of his choice. The Lord then lovingly invited His disciple to choose the cross he would most like to carry.įor the next few hours he tried out many crosses, some were too heavy, others too large to hold, still others were too rough and gave splinters. There were tall ones, small heavy ones, smooth ones and rough ones of all sizes. The disciple was amazed to see so many different types of cross in one place. In the dream the Lord came to meet this struggling Christian and together they went to a large warehouse which were full of crosses. Despite appealing to the Lord in prayer there seemed to be no relief from his suffering. As follower of Jesus was going through a very tough time.
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