The Cross Room

I am reminded of a story once told to me. A man had a dream. He was walking through life bearing his cross. It became quite heavy and he told God, " Lord, this is too much for me to bear!" God told him to come with him. Instantly they stood at the door of a room. The door was labeled "The Cross Room". Upon entering the large room, the man saw a huge array of crosses. God told him to put down his cross and choose another. The man walked around the room and saw large crosses, small crosses, stone crosses, wood crosses. He saw crosses in all colors; red, white, yellow, black and brown. He saw plain crosses and very ornately decorated crosses. As he spanned his eyes across the room. He saw a very small cross leaning in the corner. "I will take that one, Lord!" God told the man, "That is the one you came in with." Sometimes we think we have too much to bear in this life. But God said he won't give us more that we can bear. We need to be mindful that there are people out there bearing a much heavier burden than we are, even if we think ours is much to hard to bear.

Matthew 16:23-25
1 Corinthians 10:12-14