The Cross

You don’t have to look very hard to see one, they seem to be everywhere. It’s funny but you don’t notice how many until you start looking for them. It’s like when you buy a new car and then that’s all you see! It’s as if everyone has “your car”! Soon after I gave my life to Christ I noticed the cross. It’s always been there but not until I truly knew it’s meaning did I notice it. You see, ever since highschool I have worn a cross necklace. As I sit here, I can’t remember why? I guess I thought it was cool? When you’re in highschool you pay attention to things that are going to make you either stand out or fit in. It seemed that the “cool kids” wore crosses. The cross for me represented “coolness”. Most of the rockers on MTV wore them, some even had them on their instruments and album covers. Not much has changed since then. If you look at today’s music, movie and television entertainment (and I use the term entertainment loosely) you will see it. You will see it around the necks of priests, punks and pop idols. So what’s the deal the cross? How can everybody be wearing them and be offended by it at the same time? Sound crazy? It’s happening today, the cross seems to be tolerated when it’s just “a cross”’ no meaning, just a cool symbol. If you are a drug dealer you can wear one, if you’re a child porn peddler it’s cool! But if you understand the cross’s true meaning and stand firm and speak it’s truth , look out! You have just joined “The world’s most hated”. You want to see sneers and eye rolls? Explain the cross to a worldly person. You want to be shunned and have your so-called friends turn their back on you? Live for the cross. Believe me it hurts!!

Two thousand years ago Jesus was introduced to the cross. On the night before Jesus’ hands were nailed to that cross, His soul was overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. It wasn’t because of the pain He would most surely feel, but because His father, for the first time, would turn His back on Him.

The Bible says that while they were leading Jesus away to crucify Him, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. As you got out today look for the cross, you will be amazed at how many you will see. And when you see it around someone’s neck , tattooed on their body or hanging from their rear view mirror, pray for them! Pray that they don’t feel forced to display the cross. Pray that they know it’s meaning and pray that you don’t lose sight of it.

Your brother in Christ,

Danny Legge