Christ Crucified

John 14:12-14

[12] “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. [13] Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. [14] If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

We ask The One who has the power to do anything

“Often the children in a Christian family are ready and eager to follow their Lord all the way, but the parents pull them back. A few rise to the heights of not refusing them. Their high-water mark is expressed is such words as these: O Father, help, lest our poor love refuse For our beloved the life that they would choose, And in our fear of loss for them, or pain, Forget eternal gain.

We who follow the Crucified are not here to make a pleasant thing of life; we are called to suffer for the sake of a suffering, sinful world. The Lord forgive us our shameful evasions and hesitations. His brow was crowned with thorns; do we seek rosebuds for our crowning? His hands were pierced with nails; are our hands ringed with jewels? His feet were bare and bound; do our feet walk delicately? What do we know of travail? of tears that scald before they fall? of heartbreak? of being scorned? God forgive us our love of ease.” - Amy Carmichael