Do we all carry a cross?

I think you are right, we have to carry our crosses, and try to make the most out of every situation. This crosses are given by God to test our will, our belief and our faith in Him, so we have to challenge them and try to overcome them. Great response.

You are right, we should face our challenges and problems and we should carry our crosses with strength and hope.

Thank you,it is frrom God all testing .Sometimes it is from mens faults and they will face the consequences,and other is from God that man can't do it.. But we can over come those because it is a life ingredient and also without it our life will not be beautiful.. So it is great to face those challenges even it is hard to accept but we should..

Sadly the world is becoming more and more anti-God, either by their words or by their actions. But our faith will conquer the world and soon it will be replaced by a new world. A world where love and love of God will be all around us.

This is how I understood this verse also. I know how Jesus and early Christians were treated and I think we get back to this type of life again, where Christians are mocked because of their belief. Many youngsters question the existence of a superior entity, and they say that they are atheists. That should be okay, but they also feel it "cool" to mock others who believe in God.

Let it be like you say. I just don't understand why people become like this.

oops sorry I didn't realize it posed this twice I was trying to fix my typo.

Yes, you are true, there are things which just have to happen, although we have free will. The problem is given by God and we have the free will to decide whether we want to solve them or not and how we want to resolve it. I guess this is how we can explain this carrying a cross expression, which I think is from the Bible.

So you think that God gives this test to us to challenge us, but the test are only as difficult as we can carry, so that we don't break down? I also think the same way, and I am convinced that if we trust God and ask for His help, He will guide us to the solution, but He won't solve the problems in our place.

I agree with your explanation a lot, that we must carry our crosses and the way we solve them will teach us how to solve many other similar problems and every successful solution will make us stronger.

You should never be ashamed to turn to God, because He is our Father who always has time for His children, I am sure of this. You said it very well, God gives everybody a cross to carry, but He also gives the strength and the ability to carry it. The problem starts when people don't realize the strength they have and don't know how to use that strength nor when to ask God for enlightening. So never be ashamed or afraid to ask God for His help.

Yes, I fully agree with you, there are things which happen without our will, which we cannot avoid and have a great influence on our lives.

Yes, the cross is a symbol and I believe that it can be replaced with the notion of a problem which cannot be avoided, like a sickness or a breakdown, which we need to solve and we have the free will to choose if and how we want to solve this problems. God has always said that humans should fear Him, which means that they don't have to be afraid of Him, only if they break His rules.

So you think that your boundaries are given and you are the one who decide how you want to live in that life. I believe that we are given many options in our lives, we are the ones who decide which path to walk on, how to walk on, but things like our main characteristics and temper are given, they cannot be changed. And of course, there are many happenings during our lives which just have to happen, which are given by God to test us.

I understand this expression as a burden which we must carry, which we cannot rid of it, which is beyond our will. Many people say that a tough sickness or illness can be considered a cross we must carry and we must learn how to live with that cross. I am also Christian and I truly believe in God, but I think the story of Noah is a good example that there are things which cannot be avoided, still people have the free will to react how they want.

I am sorry to hear this about your brother, I am sure it is very difficult for the whole family, but this certainly can be called as a cross which has to be carried. Although you feel happy, I am sure that even you have some problems or you will have some, which you will have to face eventually. About that plan, I consider that God gives us many alternatives and according to what we choose with our free will, that plan will change accordingly. I have always said that if we just have to fulfill something which we cannot control, we cannot be punished nor rewarded.

Yes, prayers are always helpful, because if we truly believe in God and if we ask Him from all our heart, He will listen to our prayers. But He won't do things in our place, He will just give the direction and the power, but He won't decide for us. At least this is what I believe.