The fastest way to bring peace to the whole world is to carry the cross. If every one can carry the cross,all "sinners" will change their ways and the whole world would be a paradise. Here are some ways to take up the cross:

1. If you catch a thief red handed in your house/farm/property, instead of you to raise an alarm or hand him over to the police, you gently tell him with a smile, "go ahead and take whatever you want". When you volunteer to help him take the stolen items to his house, you are carrying the cross. That is the cross of christ.

When your fellow drags your legaly aquired or inherited property/land with you, instead of you to resist him and take the case to court, you happily leave the property to him and go down on your knees to pray that God should bless him, you are carrying the cross of christ.

3. When you hear that a person is planing to kill you, instead of for you to set up a gang and attack him or call the police, you willingly present yourself to him and tell him "kill me" with a smile in your face, you are carrying the cross of christ.

When you drive responsibly and a reckless driver scratches your vehicle, instead of him to accept his fault he turn to blame you, so you go down on your knees and appologize to him without breathing a word of anger, you are carrying the cross of christ.

When you have a cunny tenant in your house who deliberately refuse to pay his rent, instead of for you to throw him out, you become the one to greet him first every time you meet him,you are carrying the cross of christ.

6. When a person that you've helped begin to insult you, instead of you to become angry with him you happily keep helping him, you are carrying the cross.

When you are being accused falsely and you happily go about your business without nursing any grudge against your accuser(s), you are carrying the cross of christ.

When a younger person insults you, instead of for u to break a stick and bit him, or curse him (like the old prophet), u bless him and happily walk away, you are carrying the cross of christ.

When a person you have not offended slaps u and you don't return the slap, instead, you tell him sorry for consuming his energy and even offer to give him food to refill the energy he's used on you,then you are carrying the cross of christ.

10. When ur neighbour's livestock destroy your farm and you report to him but he does nothing to help the situation, if u can surender the whole farm land to him to feed his livestock as often as he wants and you don't complain, then, u are carrying the cross of christ.

When you refuse to sue a person who tramples on your right even when you have every means to do so, you are carrying the cross of christ.

When a person who agrees to render service to you run away with your hard earned money without rendering the agreed service, instead of for you to fight by all means to get back your money you let him go in peace without ever asking him about it, then, you are carrying the cross of christ.

When people around u hate u but you hate no one,when your name is being slandered but u slander no, when they repay you evil for good but you repay good for evil, then you are a faithful cross bearer.

THE CROSS BRINGS PERSECUTION
After considering what it means to carry the cross, you may think that a cross bearer will be loved and respected by everyone, No! Far be it! A faithful cross bearer will surely face persecutions, hatred, abuses. A whole community will accuse you of being the cause of all its problem. People will think that you have to die in order for them to have peace. Even when a "Pilate" finds no fault in a cross bearer, the crowd will still shout: "Kill him". It is always the custom of earthly men to persecute and kill a cross bearer. This is because the inhabitants of the world hate peace and harmony. If a cross bearer is given the freedom to live and influence others, the whole mankind will be liberated, but this is not what the world wants. If there's anything that humans hate most,it is THE WAY of LOVE. This is because the human mind don't want to be liberated.

When you carry the cross. People will go around carrying rumours about you. They might say you are mad,demonized, possesed by an evil spirit, a witch, and call you all sort of things. In order to remain a faithful cross bearer, you won't have to give up along the way. You must hold fast to the hope that at the end of the cross there's a crown. The crown is an everlasting glory that cannot be taken from you once you carry your cross down to the end.