AND HE SAID TO THEM ALL, IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND LET HIM TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY AND FOLLOW ME. ~LUKE 9:23 KJV; UP TIL RECENTLY, THIS HAS MEANT LITTLE TO MOST OF US IN THE WESTERN WORLD. PUT YOUR ARMOR ON. TAKING UP YOUR CROSS WILL SOON GET A LOT MORE REAL