Over at miscel(Lainie)ous: What Does It Mean to "Take up your cross?"

...(h) When we are picking up our "cross" sometimes those closest to us will abandon or disappoint us at our very hour of need.

Or in the most intense time of our "taking up" is when we ourselves want to abandon Him, deny our Lord and walk away from our faith.

I am so grateful He restored Peter and then used him greatly. There is hope for us even in the midst of our greatest spiritual "failures."

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