The Cross at Kerrville

Have you heard of the Cross at Kerrville?  It's a 77-foot cross located at the top of a 2000-foot hill overlooking the Texas Hill Country.  "The Empty Cross" is located at the intersection of IH-10 and Hwy. 16 in the Sculpture Prayer Garden and can be seen for miles.

We visited this Sculpture Prayer Garden when driving home after a recent camping trip.  The sculpture garden is currently home to the giant cross, a prayer rock garden and several beautiful sculptures.  Some of our favorite sculptures included "Mary, Mother of Jesus" which shows Christ's mother clutching the crown of thorns; "The Coming King" which shows Christ returning as King with a sword of victory in his hand; and "Divine Servant" showing Jesus washing the feet of Simon Peter.

Right now, the Sculpture Prayer Garden is a work in progress.  The final plans call for a large, landscaped garden in the shape of a cross.  It will have walking trails, sculptures, a chapel, an amphitheater, and a visitor's center; at the center of the garden will be The Empty Cross.

Before leaving the garden, we walked along the Prayer Rock Garden.  This rock garden started spontaneously when visitors began writing prayer requests on rocks and leaving them along the pathway, much like people leaving requests at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Today there are thousands of such rocks lining the path. And every week volunteers come and pray for those requests.

So using the markers provided onsite, we each found a rock and took a moment of silence to prayerfully write our requests and leave them with all the others.

After returning home and doing some online research about the garden, I learned there are documented miracles happening here daily.  Yes, I believe in miracles! (Ask me to tell you sometime about my youngest sister, Jamie.)  Here's just one link to a story that San Antonio's KENS TV news did about the spiritual phenomena taking place at the Cross in Kerrville. http://www.kens5.com/home/Kerrville-cross-site-of-miracles-164937776.html.

Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, this garden is home to beautiful works of art and is well worth a visit. And for those who want a special time of prayer and meditation, then this is definitely a place you'll want to visit!