VII. Jesus consoles the women.
Behold the wood of the Cross…
Pause and hold your heart and the world in your hands.
Jesus, carrying His cross, meets these women huddled together in grief. They are weeping for Him.
The women, seeing this broken man, remember Him from better days—days of gentle preaching and powerful healing—and they feel a rush of pity for Him. His is a lost cause, they murmur to one another as they weep and shake their heads.
The Lord Jesus is exhausted from His cross-bearing—crown of thorns piercing His head, wounds still bleeding from the earlier scourging—but He does not accept their pity. He tells them to weep not for Him, but for themselves.
Appearances to the contrary notwithstanding, it is they who need help, not Him. It is they who are lost, not Him. It is they whom He is, in fact, trying to find.
It’s so tempting to focus on other people’s troubles—often because it provides a convenient distraction from our own. But is it possible that in His encounter with the women of Jerusalem, our Lord is inviting us to look within ourselves, to the areas in our lives where we are troubled or lost, where we need His help?
Is there something in my life that the Lord would like me to attend to now and to do something about?
It may be something I’ve been putting off for a while: something at work, a relationship, my health, my prayer life?
This is a challenge from the Lord, but it is a challenge wrapped in hope and encouragement. When He told the women to weep for themselves, their children, and their sins, He didn’t just say that and walk away from them. He was, in that same moment, carrying their cross and doing His work to help them.
This Station invites us to admit that we are lost, but also to remember that we will be found.
Listen to this song: “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen. It is the Lord assuring us of the work that He is doing even as He asks us to do ours.
Feel free to share your thoughts, questions, and prayers below.
11 replies on “The Eighth Station”
Lord, I have so many restraints and setbacks in the different areas of my life right now. walk with me and help me discern which way to follow, what needs my attention, should I change perspectives? i am so lost Lord… find me.
When you are lost, just lift your head in prayer, and you will be found🙏😇❤️
“You will be Found” takes on a profoundly personal meaning during this season of Lent. I will never stop searching for my Heavenly Father’s Will.
This is so comforting
Thank you Lord for being with me always♥️
May my biopsy result be benign please, Lord Jesus, I beg of You. Have mercy on me. 🙏🙏🙏
Praying for you 🙏🏼
Thank you!
Will pray for you
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To you and Anonymous 2 and the others who prayed for me, thank you!