I received an e-mail the other day, it was a cartoon that was composed of several stick figures and they were all carrying crosses of different sizes, this one figure kept knocking pieces of its' cross off. He then came to a valley at the end of the e-mail, all the figures were lying their crosses down to cross over this valley, but because he had broken parts of his cross off he could not cross over....the cross was too small! Galatians 6: 5 tells us we will all carry our own cross, and Matthew 11:28-30 promises us that when we stay in God He will help us carry those burdens, and in turn they become lighter for us! Many of us want to at every opportunity “break” pieces off our crosses...to lighten the load, but think about this..we were living in Alaska, Kassidy was just a baby, she was 1, so she still really needed her milk, and one morning we ran out, and because Brad wasn't working consistently we had no money to buy any either, so I prayed for God to make a way. That afternoon there was a knock at the door, the person standing there said, this is to buy milk for your baby! Tell me, what would have happened if that person would have said no to God, no to their cross? When we do for others our cross also becomes lighter... There is a trend that we are seeing, churches are turning away from the “old” ways.but those things are necessary, in fact once you see the need for a holy lifestyle it is as important as anything else, because it truly shows your obedience and attitude! When we get to heaven will our cross be big enough to enter in? I was had a conversation with someone who had decided to walk away from the apostolic faith, they asked me what if you get to heaven and Jesus tells you a lot of the things you did were not necessary? I told them I bet I'll still get to go in, but I would hate to miss it just because I didn't have the give it all to God attitude! Life is but a vapor, we need to be willing to be used by Him all we can..we could NEVER give Him enough! We all have a cross that must be carried we walk with burdens and problems, but anything put on us is allowed by God, think of Job...wow! It just amazes me how much trust that was displayed there! Could we honestly endure what he did? Yes, he didn't have the Holy ghost like we do! We do have all the power we need to pick up our cross and carry it daily! The Bible tells us in I John 5:3 that keeping His commandments are not grievous, we can do it! We should do it for the others that we will touch through that cross! I love y'all...