And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. (Luke 23:26 ESV)
Sometimes I wonder strange things. We know that all the disciples had scattered in the garden. Peter and another disciple showed up at the trials, and we don't know how long that other disciple hung around. Then John shows up at the foot of the cross. But what about this journey? Did any of them join the crowds for the walk to the crucifixion? From the descriptions of the gospels it might appear so. If so, what went through their minds, to see someone else take up the cross and follow after Jesus? What goes through our minds when we see someone else doing what God has called us to do, and we have abandoned it? What special privileges do we miss out on?
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