J.M.J.
J.M.J.
THE GIFT OF THE CROSS
AS THE CURRENT MONTH ENDS AND THE NEW IS BEGINNING,
DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED FOR THIS BATTLE YOU’RE WINNING.
THE CROSSES WERE HEAVY AND THEY WILL BE MORE STILL
FOR THOSE WHO CONTINUE IN DOING GOD’S WILL.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOUR CROSS NOW DOES WEIGH,
DO NOT, MY DEAR CHILDREN, NOW THROW IT AWAY.
WHEN YOU SEE, MY DEAR CHILDREN, SOMEONE IN DESPAIR,
HELP THEM CARRY THEIR CROSS AND FOR THEM SAY A PRAYER.
IF YOU DO THIS, DEAR CHILDREN, YOUR REWARDS WILL OUTWEIGH
THE CROSSES YOU CARRY ON THIS JOURNEY EACH DAY.
JESUS CARRIED YOUR CROSS SO THAT HEAVEN YOU’D FIND;
IF THERE HAD BEEN NO CROSS, YOUR SOUL WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
IN ORDER, DEAR CHILDREN, GOD’S KINGDOM TO GAIN,
YOU MUST CARRY YOUR CROSSES IN SPITE OF THE PAIN.
CONSIDER, DEAR CHILDREN, EACH CROSS AS A GIFT
EVEN THOUGH YOU FEEL SOMETIMES THEY’RE TOO HEAVY TO LIFT.
IN ORDER, DEAR CHILDREN, TO CROSS THE ABYSS,
YOU MUST CARRY YOUR CROSSES JUST AS MY SON DID HIS.
ONLY THOSE BEARING CROSSES WILL WALK THRU THE GATES
WHERE WITH HIS OUTSTRETCHED HANDS FOR YOU THE FATHER AWAITS.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
2-29-2008