Why Are You Afraid to Take Up the Cross and Follow Jesus as a Habit of Life?

Jesu laid out the ultimate antithesis for all of us.  Jesus laid before each of us the ultimate demand.  The demand to take up the cross and follow Jesus is not for the religious or the faint of heart.  It take extraordinary courage to follow Jesusand mean it. He brooks no rivals. He will never accept any rivals!  He and He alone must beour ultimate concern.Those who take up the cross to follow Him are never disappointed or ashamed of their decision.  In Him was/is Life and the Life was/is the Light of mankind.