Wednesday’s Reflection
EMBRACING THE CROSS is hard; bearing it is harder still. The cross’s beams are rough to the touch and burdensome. We never get all the splinters out. The cross is awkward to maneuver through the house and the office, and many days almost seems to work against whoever would carry it. The cross chafes the shoulders, bends the neck—and breaks the heart. No wonder that I want to lay it aside, throw it down, unburden myself of the cross and its demands. . . .
But choosing the cross means life; choosing life without it means death. Only by entering the darkness can I begin to find the light.
- Thomas R. Steagald
Shadows, Darkness, and Dawn
From page 23 of Shadows, Darkness, and Dawn: A Lenten Journey with Jesus by Thomas R. Steagald. Copyright & copy; 2010 by Thomas R. Steagald. All rights reserved. Used by permission. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
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