What A Greater Weight

Sisyphus was condemned to pushing a boulder up a hill
for all eternity only to have it fall to the other side.
  Below is a short poem I wrote while studying Luke 14:25-35 and thinking about the existentialist philosopher Albert Camus' discussion on the myth of Sisyphus.
  In the former, Jesus speaks very strong words that would strike fear into anyone's heart..."Whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple"  (Luke 14:27).
  In the latter, Camus is using Sisyphus (in the picture) to compare with the "workman of today" who works and works even though there is no ultimate purpose.
  In thinking about the two I thought...What a greater weight to carry the cross than to push a boulder.  What a greater call we've been given.  We may have to experience pain, rejection, denial here...But what a great weight it is to carry knowing some day we will be in the presence of God (Rev 21)

What A Greater Weight

What a greater weight to carry than to push,
We throw upon our shoulders our finite destiny,
One that may last a moment 
or for some oft experienced and returned
For we do not push a boulder but carry a cross,
The workman pushes to see their finite works,
Those that may last a moment, 
or for some oft experienced and returned
But we do not push a boulder we carry a cross

What a greater weight to carry than to push,
We may fall for a time and consider to stop,
But fixing our eyes on our pioneer and perfecter, 
For we do not push a boulder we carry a cross
The Workman may fall and consider to stop,
With only the moment considered as reason to not
But we do not push a boulder we carry a cross

What a greater weight to carry than to push,
We throw upon our shoulder knowing our eternal hope,
One that abides forever in the presence of God
For we do not push a boulder we carry a cross
The workman pushes knowing his momentary despair,
One that abides in the presence of pain and death
But we do not push a boulder we carry a cross

How great it is to carry a cross.

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