Part 2 Chapter 7: One Should Not Be Sad that the Cross Seems

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Part 2 Chapter 7: One Should Not Be Sad that the Cross Seems to be Very Large or Heavy

[Reader Benjamin]

Angel: ... People are troubled and suffer not from the nature of the thing itself, but from their perception of it. For instance, two equal crosses are given to two people; for the one who is more zealous, the bearing of it seems quite easy, whereas for the other who is fainthearted and downcast, it seems quite heavy. It is the same cross; the difference is only in their perceptions.

How often we start well with zeal then grow fainthearted on the way. Our burden wich was easy then becomes ubearable. Lord have mercy on us! When that happens we need to focus on all that God has done for us.