Contemplating the cross...

I entreat you to devote one solemn hour of thought to a crucified Saviour--a Saviour expiring in the bitterest agony.
Think of the cross,
the nails,
the open wounds,
the anguish of His soul.
Think how the Son of God became a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, that you might live forever.
Think as you lie down upon your bed to rest, how your Saviour was lifted up from the earth to die.
Think amid your plans and anticipations of future gaiety what the redemption of your soul has cost, and how the dying Saviour would wish you to act.

His wounds plead that you will live for better things.

- Albert Barnes