Mark 8:34 Jesus called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and ...

... take up their cross, and follow me.”

What is your cross to take up? Jesus knew that an actual wooden cross was his destiny, and he knows that some kind of loss/giving over/suffering is ours. I think we should be careful when we call something like car trouble or a cranky kid “our cross.” But we do have one. Pick it up, and follow.