At the Foot of the Cross

When I come to the foot of the cross this week, I know I must lay it all down.

Everything must be placed to rest, because it is simply exhausting carrying it all around with me.

So today, after much prayer, I give you this- a gift of words with the hopes that maybe one of them will prick your heart and motivate you to also lay some things down at the cross. Some of these are my burdens, some are not. To Jesus, they are all forgivable. There is redemption in laying it down. There is freedom. There is release that brings peace. This is the reason for the cross.

*Let Jesus take the hurt from you concerning your broken or struggling marriage.

*Come clean about the alcohol use, and the lies that cover it up.

*Turn the hurt other believers have caused into prayers for them.

*Remember that lost loved one with a smile after your tears.

*Reach out to someone who left your church, regardless of reasons you have heard.

*Forgive others for their actions.

*Pray for the one who stirs anger in you, and ask for peace.

*Forgive yourself for your own indiscretions and failures.

*Hand over the anguish of tough decisions.

*Let go of the anxiety having adult children causes.

*Ask the Holy Spirit to be your guide, your conscious.

Every day is a new day with Jesus.

Every day brings new hope, new joy and renewed strength.

When we come to the cross and lay it all down, it bares us to him. We strip off all that binds us here on earth and we learn the eternal promises of Christ are the only substantial thing to hold on to. The church disappoints us, but Jesus never will.  People let us down on a pretty regular basis, but Christ will always lift us up. At the end of the day, we can only be separated from our savior by making that decision for ourselves. We can only come to him on our own, at the foot of the cross, and lay it all down for him to shoulder.

Praying for all this most important weekend.