Did you go into Lent with good intentions, but then human weakness prevailed? Did you put off making any Lenten goals at all, and now we’re three days from Easter? Did the very thought of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving make you cling to worldliness and comfort? If somewhere inside you want to draw closer to God and you want to become the person He made you to be, then have no fear. As long as you draw breath, it is never too late to begin again to prepare for Jesus.

So I wrote “Take Up Your Cross” in case anyone out there shares my particular cross and needs help carrying it. To tell them that even if they have trouble feeling like God even exists, they can still reach out to him in that darkness and say: “I believe, Lord. Help my unbelief.” ~Mark 9:24