The Second Station -- Jesus Receives the Cross

Thou hast given him his heart’s desire:
  and has not withholden from him the will of his lips.  Ps. 20:3
 
Jesus as a traitor received a cross.
 Let us carry our own and follow him
Beyond every world leader's random whim.
 Merciless justice of Rome crushed as dross
Traitors to Caesar, whose glory none could cross.
 Not to suffer with Christ makes his light dim
And hope for eternal life becomes grim.
 How could Love ever allow Love’s loss?

Ambition hopes to secure a fortune
 But the dilemma is where, when, and how;
Wisdom in each Commandment’s restriction
 Enables souls into the Truth to grow.

To our selfish souls, God's requirements grate;
  But why ignore them and yield to death’s fate?