The cross is an intersection. We all choose a direction, right or left, up or down.
A right or left decision leads to a turn-around; once again we end at a place of indecision.
Many take the downward road. It leads to destruction and alienation from God.
The way pointing up leads us to the face of the suffering Christ who took our shame and bore our pain on the cross.
We see Him looking down at us, eyes full of compassion and love as we have never known before. We see His expression and it overwhelms us.
Do we stay there or run away? Do we weep with the others kneeling or curse that He did not get down from the cross so we could have a hero?
To the world, Jesus Christ was weak and insignificant but to those who have witnessed His love and forgiveness, they know the cross as proof of a love so extreme even the worst sinner feels welcome.
The cross of Jesus Christ is a place of decision.
Up, down, right or left, which way have you chosen?
1 Corinthians 1:18 - For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but to us who believe, it is the power of God.