your cross

You know how central the cross is to the Christian faith. My cross has become the universally recognizable symbol of Christianity world-wide, and many of my followers wear a small one as jewelry. How prominent is the cross in your own life? Do you think that my cross makes you exempt from bearing a cross yourself? You could not do what I did for you on the cross, but my word teaches you to lay down your life and pick up your cross daily and follow me. There is an element of death involved in following me. Even though it is not a physical death you will find life in being a living sacrifice.