"On a Pilgrimage" - 2014 Online Lenten Retreat
This is Post #8 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditatio...n a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 7:
JESUS FALLS THE SECOND TIME - HEAVY-LADEN
But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed. Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth; like a lamb to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers, he was silent and opened not his mouth. ~ Isaiah 53:5, 7
Jesus asks: “Do you understand what it feels like to be overwhelmed by pain, fatigue, and emotional burden?”
There is a weight limit for things like ships and planes. Heavy-laden ships sink. Heavy-laden planes crash. There is also a weight limit for the human body, the human mind, and for human emotions. Given too much to bear, the heavy-laden person collapses.
Read the story of Kendal Benjamin.
http://shine.yahoo.com/author-blog-posts/never-believe-where-standout-teen-calls-home-193900189.html
Describe the scope of Kendal’s burdens. How might others have dealt with being so heavy-laden?
Has there ever been a time in your life where you felt you could handle no more? Where did you turn?See More
This is Post #8 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditatio...n a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 7:
JESUS FALLS THE SECOND TIME - HEAVY-LADEN
But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed. Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth; like a lamb to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers, he was silent and opened not his mouth. ~ Isaiah 53:5, 7
Jesus asks: “Do you understand what it feels like to be overwhelmed by pain, fatigue, and emotional burden?”
There is a weight limit for things like ships and planes. Heavy-laden ships sink. Heavy-laden planes crash. There is also a weight limit for the human body, the human mind, and for human emotions. Given too much to bear, the heavy-laden person collapses.
Read the story of Kendal Benjamin.
http://shine.yahoo.com/author-blog-posts/never-believe-where-standout-teen-calls-home-193900189.html
Describe the scope of Kendal’s burdens. How might others have dealt with being so heavy-laden?
Has there ever been a time in your life where you felt you could handle no more? Where did you turn?See More
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