As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.
Matthew 27:32
When Jesus was being led out of the city to be crucified, the custom was that the person had to carry his own cross.
Jesus was so exhausted from the sleepless night, the suffering and pain of the trial, that He fell down under the weight of the cross.
God provided a man named Simon to be there to carry the cross for Jesus.
God is sending us the message that we don’t have to be strong all the time.
It’s okay to feel overwhelmed.
Sometimes the weight of what we’re carrying gets too heavy.
When you’re down, when you’re discouraged, God is not going to leave you there.
He’ll always have someone to help lift you back up, someone to encourage you, someone to help you carry the load that you can’t carry.
There will be a Simon there to help lift you back up.
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