I have really bad knees, one is worse than the other, so I favor my left leg. For probably fifteen years or more I have been standing with more weight on my right side than my left side and it has caused serious problems with my left hip, knee and foot. I have lived with varying degrees of chronic pain over the last few years. Finally with a combination of physical therapy, exercise and acupuncture the pain is pretty much handled, but I still have to be very careful not to stand with all of my weight on my right side (old habits die hard).
What does this have to do with Good Friday, you ask? The entire time I have been going through all of the years of pain and suffering I would think about Christ on the cross, suffering for my sins and not once did it cross my mind to ask "Why me?" In fact in the face of that great love that Christ poured out by offering his life as reparation for my sins, I am able to say "Why not me?" Why shouldn't I be willing to carry this cross?
I work really hard at keeping my leg in shape, and for each incremental increase in the strength of my leg I begin to see the person that God intended me to be. The person that is capable of doing what God has set out for me to do.
As Christ did the will of God by carrying His cross and dying for all. I can do God's will by carrying my cross and living for all.
What cross are you living with this Good Friday?
Pax
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