Episode Transcript
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Even Our Lord hesitated before
the weight of the Cross.
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In the Garden of Gethsemane, He prayed that
the cup of suffering might pass from Him.
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Yet He added the words we place
at the heart of every prayer,
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these words are essential and implicit
in every prayer we make to our Lord,
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“Not my will, but Yours be done.”
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No one rushes toward suffering.
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The Cross is never easy.
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Suffering has the capability of both
destroying a person or transforming them,
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and so we throw ourselves entirely into
the grace of our Lord in these matters.
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The cross, though daunting, stands at the
centre of Christ’s life — and of ours.
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Helen Keller, the American author
who was both deaf and blind,
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once said something that rightly
shocks and challenges us,
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these are her words and her understanding,
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she knew the possibilities of
the cross being transformed
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into an invincible source of victory and grace.
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She says, “I thank God for my disabilities.
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For through them I found
myself, my work, and my God.”
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What an extraordinary faith.
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She did not deny her crosses;
she allowed God to transform them
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into countless blessing and graces
for everyone who was touched by her life.
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To follow Christ means to “die” to
selfishness and rise to new life.
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There is a cost to discipleship, but we do
not count it like an accountant’s ledger.
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Sometimes we may face loss or rejection,
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yet we live for something
greater — life with Christ.
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When our crosses feel heavy,
may we trust His promise:
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“Come to me… and I will give you rest.”
