J.M.J.
CROSSES AND PRAYERS
YOU ARE LEARNING, DEAR CHILDREN, HOW TO COMPARE
THE CROSSES YOU CARRY WITH THE POWER OF PRAYER.
THE CROSSES AT TIMES SEEM TOO HEAVY TO HOLD,
BUT THRU PRAYER YOUR REWARD WILL BE GREATER THAN GOLD.
WHEN IN A CRISIS ALL THE PRAYERS YOU UNITE,
THE HEAVIEST CROSSES THRU GOD’S GRACE BECOME LIGHT.
YOU WILL BECOME STRONGER WITH EACH TRIAL THAT YOU FACE
BECAUSE YOU’RE LEARNING HOW EACH CROSS WITH PRAYER TO EMBRACE.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WILL BE MANY CROSSES TO BEAR,
THEY’LL OUTWEIGH NOT REWARDS WHICH YOU WILL GAIN THRU PRAYER.
COUNT NOT THE CROSSES NOR THE PRAYERS THAT YOU SAID;
COUNT ONLY THE BLESSINGS GOD GIVES EACH DAY INSTEAD.
CONTINUE TO CARRY YOUR CROSSES AND PRAY,
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE YOU EACH DAY.
YOUR CROSSES AND PRAYERS WILL SOON OPEN THE DOOR
TO WHERE YOU, MY DEAR CHILDREN, WILL SUFFER NO MORE.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
12-8-2002
THE CROSS THAT YOU CARRY, 3-26-2000 With Each Cross That You Bear 1-12-04