text: "If Jesus himself fell not once, not twice, but three times under his great and terrible burden, I don't think we should beat ourselves up too much when we crumble at times under ours....My compassion for what Jesus went through starts with him and extends to every person, surprisingly even myself. When I stumble — and going on seems hard, scary and exhausting, even temporarily hopeless, I think of him. Then I get myself back up. And walk on."
  
  Thank you for this gentle reminder of the reality of following Jesus.