{"id":8738,"date":"2022-04-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=8738"},"modified":"2022-04-10T11:06:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T15:06:04","slug":"hey-man-on-the-cross-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/hey-man-on-the-cross-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey! Man on the Cross!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Hey! Man on the Cross! 4\/15\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=izzsk-11f6027-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cHey! Man on the Cross! Why are you still hanging there?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Don\u2019t you want to be taken down?\u201d<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Two thousand years\u2026..That\u2019s a long time to be hanging there\u2026..Your arms must be weary, your legs must be stiff, and your heart \u2013 your heart must be broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cHey! Man on the Cross, don\u2019t you know what\u2019s been happening in our world?\u201d<\/em><\/strong>  In the very land where the Garden of Eden was and where Abraham came from, over a hundred thousand people have been killed and maimed, even a lot of children. There is a terrible war going on in Ukraine. Boy, do we need you to walk our streets again and to teach us how to live.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Everything you did was so long ago.<\/em><\/strong> People dressed, acted, and spoke differently then. This is the technology age, the information age. It\u2019s all about organization and globalization. In this computer and smart phone age, there are a lot of people who think you are not in the mainstream anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Hey! Man on the Cross, I\u2019m so sick of all that\u2019s been going on. I\u2019m really depressed.  <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>I feel so drained.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>My so-called friends \u2013 they don\u2019t really pay attention to me. My family \u2013 they\u2019re so busy with their own lives. No one has time for me anymore. All that anybody thinks about is themselves\u2026..and about\u00a0<em>their<\/em> money,\u00a0<em>their<\/em> food,\u00a0<em>their<\/em> clothes,\u00a0<em>their<\/em> homes,\u00a0<em>their<\/em> cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>So many people take drink after drink, pill after pill. I see shattered hearts, lying lips, angry tongues.<\/em><\/strong> What is the matter with people? Why don\u2019t they pause for a moment and take a look up at you and ask you<strong><em>\u2026.\u201dWhy are you still hanging up there?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Hey! Man on the Cross, I just realized how naked you are.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Here take my coat. It\u2019s all right. I\u2019ve learned how to survive. You mentioned how thirsty you are. Here. Take this drink. Those thorns on your head \u2013 they must really hurt. Let me take them from you. It\u2019s O.K. My hands are calloused from all of the tough jobs I\u2019ve had to do in my life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I wish there was more that I could do for you.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Your disciples and your friends are beside themselves with grief. As soon as I leave here, I will go over and try to comfort them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>But before I run, Man on the Cross, there is something I must tell you. You have been hanging up there for a long, long time, and I want to thank you for being my Savior. If it weren\u2019t for your hanging on up there, I would never have been able to hang on down here.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I\u2019ve finally come to realize\u2026.It isn\u2019t the nails that are holding you to the Tree\u2026.It\u2019s the great love you have for me.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>By&nbsp;Medard Laz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spend some time with Jesus, today, this Good Friday. Just be Present to Jesus as Jesus is Present to YOU.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WEARING A CROSS DOES NOT MAKE YOU A DISCIPLE OF JESUS, CARRYING A CROSS DOES!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHey! Man on the Cross! Why are you still hanging there? Don\u2019t you want to be taken down?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;Two thousand years\u2026..That\u2019s a long time to be hanging there\u2026..Your arms must be weary, your legs must be stiff, and your heart \u2013 your heart must be broken. \u201cHey! Man on the Cross, don\u2019t you know what\u2019s been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"ocean-thumb-m":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"ocean-thumb-ml":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"ocean-thumb-l":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross.png",291,216,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross-140x100.png",140,100,true],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-on-the-Cross-45x45.png",45,45,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Medard Laz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/author\/medlaz\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/category\/daily-treats\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daily Treats<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"\u201cHey! Man on the Cross! Why are you still hanging there? Don\u2019t you want to be taken down?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;Two thousand years\u2026..That\u2019s a long time to be hanging there\u2026..Your arms must be weary, your legs must be stiff, and your heart \u2013 your heart must be broken. \u201cHey! 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