We have been quite comfortable with Crucifixion, yet at the time of Christ it was seen as utter humiliation, a cruel and unusual form of punishment.  Yet what about our cross that we are to take up and follow Christ?   This cross that we take up requires time and endurance and it can bring pain and suffering as well and sometimes we might want to cut our cross down (see image for example).  Yet we do not take up our cross to reject life but rather to save life.  Listen for more.