Our Daily Cross
- Susan Kelly
- Sep 26, 2024
- 1 min read
Ponder this. Have you noticed that there is a lot of pain and suffering in the world right now? Perhaps you yourself are struggling with a chronic or terminal diagnosis. You may suffer from depression or anxiety, loneliness or rejection. There are so many ways we suffer each day. This begs the question: Why does a good God allow us to suffer?
Actually, the Lord answers this question directly. In Sacred Scripture, He tells us that if we want to be His disciple. In other words, His follower. We must pick up our cross daily and follow Him. These are not my words. These are His, and His ways are definitely not our ways. As the Bible tells us, Christ chose the path of suffering to open the gates of heaven and to establish our path to get there. Perhaps we would have preferred that He chose an easier route, like simply being a nice person, but He didn’t. He chose the cross.
And if He chooses you to carry a cross today, know that you’re one of His chosen ones—truly loved and blessed. Try to carry your cross with joy in your heart.
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