When he carried the cross on his back through the streets of Jerusalem, he was not comfortable, he was in the greatest pain one could imagine. Yet he continued. When he asks us to take up our crosses and to follow him, I don’t think that he expects us to endure what he endured. I believe he is saying is that no matter what the cost, we must take up our faith and carry it with us everywhere we go, no matter who we meet. Often, I believe that Christian’s view vocation as a calling. This is not a wrong perception; however, I do think that there is far more to it than that. We are called yes to share the good news of Jesus. We are called, as stated in Romans 12, to use the talents and gifting’s that the Lord has instilled in us. And we are called to be the light, or rather a reflection of Christ in us, in everything that we
When he carried the cross on his back through the streets of Jerusalem, he was not comfortable, he was in the greatest pain one could imagine. Yet he continued. When he asks us to take up our crosses and to follow him, I don’t think that he expects us to endure what he endured. I believe he is saying is that no matter what the cost, we must take up our faith and carry it with us everywhere we go, no matter who we meet. Often, I believe that Christian’s view vocation as a calling. This is not a wrong perception; however, I do think that there is far more to it than that. We are called yes to share the good news of Jesus. We are called, as stated in Romans 12, to use the talents and gifting’s that the Lord has instilled in us. And we are called to be the light, or rather a reflection of Christ in us, in everything that we