CANCER & $$$$ & The Cross
We all have been blessed with a "cross to bear". The story goes of a man who was overwhelmed with his respective cross. "Master, please give me a smaller cross!" he pleaded to Jesus. "I can no longer carry this one! It is too way too much for me!" The gracious Master finally relented and took his cross from him. He invited the man into the Master's storage room of crosses to select a new cross, perhaps one more to his liking. The man studied the various crosses carefully. Some were small and some were HUGE. Finally his eyes found the perfect cross for him, a very tiny and dainty cross sitting solemnly on a corner shelf. "Master! Master! I have found the cross I want. It is this one here in the corner!" The Master nodded his head slowly. "I am sorry, but that is the cross you gave back to me.........." I am grateful that my cross is no larger than what it is. As heavy as its burden is, I easily realize tha...