“IF ANY WANT TO BECOME MY FOLLOWERS,
LET THEM DENY THEMSELVES AND TAKE UP
THEIR CROSS DAILY AND FOLLOW ME.’”
“COME TO ME, ALL WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN,
AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU, AND LEARN FROM ME;
FOR I AM GENTLE AND LOWLY IN HEART,
AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.
FOR MY YOKE IS EASY, AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.”
Betrayed
bound
forsaken
rushed
accused questioned cursed slapped spat upon punched
taunted dragged ridiculed lashed humiliated condemned
You staggered
blindly under
the great weight
of splintered beam
slamming to
dust mingled
red with agony
and no one
to help.
O my Lord,
that I
could have
carried
Your cross.
Jesus, I
couldn’t then.
I can now.
By Chris Blake