Carry your own cross? What would your dash look like? Luke 9:23

Good morning everyone! God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

Where are you today? Did you think about the levels? Are you at level 1 - all about "me"? Yesterday in Luke 9, verse 23 Jesus said, "you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me."

To take up the cross meant to carry ones own cross to the place of crucifixion. Christ presented a clear and challenging description of the Christian life.
Being HIS disciple means putting aside selfish desires, shouldering ones "cross" evey day, and following HIM. For Jesus' disciples it meant death; to you, to me, the disciples of today, it means understanding that we belong to HIM and that we live to serve HIS purposes.
If you are at level 1 you may think of your relationship with God in terms of what's in it for me? Or, in terms of what you can do for HIM? Are you willing to deny yourself, take up your cross daily, and follow HIM? ANYTHING LESS IS NOT DISCIPLESHIP; IT IS MERELY LIP SERVICE! (Luke 14:27).
If you died today, how would your last "good-bye" be like? If you died you would have a tombstone or marker that would say your name and then birth date and death date. EX: John Doe Oct. 19, 1941 - Oct. 19, 2011
Look at the dash. That is your life, the dash (-). How did you spend your dash? If your dash was a book what would it say to others? Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny