OTHERS
Poem★★★★“For their sakes” might be called Jesus’ motto. “For their sakes” was part of the “joy set before him” when He endured the cross.
“For their sakes’’ will carry men and women through hardships otherwise difficult, if not impossible, to endure. This world is full of people who need girding for their own battles. They need the help that comes from associating with glowing souls. ‘They need the aspect of good cheer.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, who knew much hardship, had a way of radiating courage and cheer which gave others support. After her death, a farmer’s wife, who used to be cheered and comforted by meeting her at Boxford Station, wrote: “Even her pictures speak.
I cut one from a Boston paper. It is framed on the wall over my table. I often look at it and promise ‘I will bea better woman, Mrs. Palmer, because you have lived.’ ” This trouble of mine that is so hard to bear—can I not carry it bravely today for the sake of those near me who need my courage?
The point
A meditation inspired by Michelangelo's neck pain, applied to spiritual vision—urging believers to keep eyes fixed on God.