already not yet

Saturday September 6^th, Matthew 16:  24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.  OK, let’s get this straight.  God loves you, you are saved through the life, death and resurrection of Christ.  Now to make life meaningful for you and for those around you, pick up your cross.  You know what I mean, it is right there with you all the time weighing down your sub-conscience.  It is what you think you can walk around, talk around, think around and live around your whole life long.  It is Your cross, and to pick it up and walk with it is to give this life, here in the already not yet, meaning.  It is to understand that life is just a little less without it.