Are You Carrying or Pushing the Cross?

A quote from Catherine McAuley:

The promise:"My yoke is sweet and My burden light." is a conditional one; it is not made to those who drag the Cross after them, who almost push it from them.

Sometimes we do not like talking about the crosses we are burdened with and we certainly do not like carrying them! Yet, because we are human, we do have crosses to carry. The question is, are we dragging or pushing it instead of carrying it? If we think about this for a moment, there are some subtle differences.

If we drag it, it becomes our ball and chain or drudge, one we hold onto and do not lift high. If we push it, we are trying to escape it, keep it away from us as much as possible. Sometimes in pushing it we push it into the far recesses of our consciousness where it will emerge some day. If we carry it, we accept it, know it is there, lift it high in prayer and know that the Lord is taking the other end of it. The burden is so much lighter!

So today, I am going to look at the crosses in my life. Just to name them, gives me hold over them and then I will ask the Lord to carry part of then with me. Together I know we can go on, for He promised that the burden would be lighter.

What about you?

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