Picking Up Your Own Cross

Hebrews 12:1-3

Embraced by a great cloud of witnesses,
Let us lay aside sins of our weaknesses;
Run with a patience the race that is set,
Stop the bickering that we might regret;
For we look unto Jesus author of our trust,
In order to wipe out all our forms of lust;
Of joy set before Him endured the cross,
Despising shame for the sense of loss;
Now sets down at the right hand of God,
For to welcome all who honor and laud;
Enduring all the contradiction of sinners,
For all of the believers are the winners.
Do not be weary and faint in your mind,
Since a new Heavenly light has shined;
A light of faith that gives us new hope,
To turn away from sin in trying to cope;
Trust in Jesus, have faith in His Word,
Believe in Him that you read and heard;
Picking up our cross for His name sake,
And confessing before Him each mistake.

Richard Newton Sherrer

Copyright ©2004 Richard Newton Sherrer

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