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May Your Cross be Mighty
By Lateef Oladeji of Gem Business Ventures
Since the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the cross has assumed a prominence, in both the positive and the negative. In its positive connotation, the cross is the symbol of the Christian faith. The original cross, to which Jesus Christ was nailed, was wooden, but it has since taken various other forms ranging from metal to paper and from solid to digital. The forms are quite innumerable. No church or Christian home is considered complete without containing the cross symbol in one form or the other. The cross has long become not only the symbol of Christianity but also the representation of Jesus Christ himself. Indeed, not a few Christians wear jewels and other ornaments carrying the cross symbol, ostensibly to exhibit their faith, but more importantly to protect themselves against satanic influences. In its negative sense, the cross connotes a burden – a problem, an anguish, a devastation or a ruination. Thus, anybody experiencing an undesirable condition is said to be carrying a cross. However, a negative cross may not be bad after all! To start with, Christians believe that the cross that Jesus Christ bore, that is his crucifixion, was designed to atone for the sins of all humans so as to make them attain Heaven. While the veracity of this claim or belief is not the subject of this piece, a great inspirational lesson is learnt from it: one should be prepared to bear one’s cross or burden if one desires eventual success or salvation for oneself or for one’s people. By extension, it is reasonable to believe that the level of success that one attains is dependent on the size of the cross that one is prepared to bear in the process – the mightier the cross, the greater the success. Of course, there are some instances when the mightier crosses seem to lead to lower success levels. The fact is, with perseverance, the negative cross will almost always lead to a positive ending. The “cross-success” theory, so to say, has been buttressed by several great thinkers. For instance, one English textbook I used in my days in high school contained a comprehension passage, which was a reproduction from a newspaper article written by a respected Nigerian social critic, Dr. Tai Solarin. It was titled “May Your Road be Rough”. It started off something like this: .May your road be rough.
.May you have plenty of problems this year.
.If you don’t know what to say, just say:
.“Same to you”. The passage went further to explain the rationale for what looked like curses that the author had heaped on his readers. In summary, it sermonized that the amount of success that a man would attain was dependent on the volume of problems he would be ready to face in life. In other words, problems are a necessary tonic for success. Dear friend, may I say: “May your cross be mighty in the coming years”? If you don’t know what to say, please say nothing.
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Contributor's Note
This article was inspired by the set of pictures sent in by a friend (see attached as images).
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