When I think of all this, I see nothing painful or disagreeable in the subject of Christ’s cross. On the contrary, I see wisdom and power, peace and hope, joy and gladness, comfort and consolation. The more I keep the cross in my mind’s eye, the more fullness I seem to discern in it. The longer I dwell on the cross in my thoughts, the more I am satisfied that there is more to be learned at the foot of the cross than anywhere else in the world.
To meditate the cross not to bring oneself to sad and earthly tears, but to rejoice in it as the exercise and fulfilling of God's promise, sovereignty, and triumph over sin. The next lines from Ryle expounds on this.
