Just as Christian came up to the Cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulders, fell from off his back, and began to tumble down the hill, and so it continued to do till it came to the mouth of the sepulchre. There it fell in, and I saw it no more! John Bunyan
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Thomas a Kempis, a 16th-century German religious writer, wrote the famous book "The Imitation of Christ." In it, he tells of an encounter with Jesus Christ. Kempis tells how he found himself once again before the cross. Jesus would not allow him to approach anymore. But, by Christ’s grace, Kempis was not discouraged.

He said that “he came to the mouth of the sepulchre and there he saw it no more.” This is an interesting statement that shows that all is not lost for us even when we think it is lost. As long as we are seeking God through prayer and communion with Him, our suffering will subside.

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