If we stop to take the time, remembering the cross will first bring a soberness and a gratefulness to your soul.  If you continue to linger you will find the cross will sweeten your cup of difficulty, grief, weariness, regret, loneliness...

whatever it is you bear.

It was for the joy set before Him that Jesus endured the cross.

 The joy of being your savior, your friend, your everything.

 It was for the joy of presenting you, perfect, to the Father.

 P E R F E C T. 

Allow the cross to stir sweetness and completeness into your soul.

 Your sorrow, your pain, your inadequacies, your unworthiness...

were all completely, perfectly borne.

You've been redeemed, beloved.

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