The Promise

This is the eleventh in a series of 14 entries, in commemoration of the passion and death of Jesus Christ, one for each station of the cross, taken from my 2010 devotional journal, entitled Walkway Reflections.







These were the words written on this station:

Two thieves hang on the cross on either side of Jesus.


One insults him:

You call yourself Messiah?
Well, then come down from that cross.
How are you going to save us if you can’t save yourself? (Luke 23:39)

The other one tosses up a confession with a desperate cry for forgiveness:

We are punished justly,
for we are getting what our deeds deserve.
But this man has done nothing wrong.
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.

How could two men see the same Jesus and one chooses to mock him while the other chooses to pray to him? We don’t know, but they did.


And when one prayed to him, Jesus loved him enough to save him.


And when the other mocked, Jesus loved him enough to let him. He allowed him the choice.


He does the same for you.

Walkway Reflections: Introduction
Walkway Reflections 1: The Garden
Walkway Reflections 2: The Betrayal
Walkway Reflections 3: The Trial
Walkway Reflections 4: The Verdict
Walkway Reflections 5: The Whip
Walkway Reflections 6: The Curse
Walkway Reflections 7: The Cross
Walkway Reflections 8: The Two Simons
Walkway Reflections 9: The Crucifixion
Walkway Reflections 10: The Mother
Walkway Reflections 11: The Promise
Walkway Reflections 12: The Darkness
Walkway Reflections 13: The Cloth
Walkway Reflections 14: The Table