On cross carrying (Matthew 16:24-26)
Courage -
Like love -
Comes in
Many kinds.
Maybe what
Is sometimes needed
Is not the obvious forms
Of battle heroism
Or foolish assumption
Of untouchable invincibility.
But instead
Recognising our vulnerability
We can still
Lift our eyes
From the dust
And sing
In the darkness
As somehow
We find the strength
To choose the path
We have not chosen
And walk it
In the hope
Of His grace.
By Jeannie Kendall