Take Up Your Cross

 

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you." But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things."

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

"For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done. Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." Matthew 16:21-28

 

Take Up Your Cross

 

We are on a journey sisters

we are on the road brothers

together we follow the way

that leads us to love.

 

We take up our crosses\

our burdens our shame

and they are shared with him

who bore all humanity for us.

 

We are on a journey sisters

we are on the road brothers

together we follow the way

that leads us to love.

 

We take upon ourselves this journey

we explore the hardness of our hearts

we walk along rough rock strewn trails

and find the way back home.

 

We are on a journey sisters

we are on the road brothers

together we follow the way

that leads us to love.

 

This journey we are on together

is a blessing way a righteous road

the work we have to do is plenty

and the joy we find is endless.

 

We are on a journey sisters

we are on the road brothers

together we follow the way

that leads us to love.