There was a believer that had full faith in God, but began to think twice about God's plans and doubt Him.  He told God that he didn't want to bear his cross anymore and just wanted some relief . . . something different.  So, Jesus came to the man and the he further explained that he no longer wanted to bear what he was bearing.  Jesus brought this man into a large room full of thousands of crosses.  Jesus told the man to pick any cross he'd like.  The man walked around the room, in awe of the different sizes, weights, colors, and designs.  The man walked up to one cross he liked, tried it on, but it was too heavy and didn't feel right upon his shoulders, so he put the cross back into it's place.  He walked to another small cross, tried it on, but felt that it was too light . . . he could handle something a little bigger, a little heavier.  So, he looked at a cross in the corner of the room, amidst the shadows that caught his attention.  The man walked up to the cross, picked it up and it felt just right.  It wasn't too heavy, wasn't too light.  It was perfect.  The man then turned to Jesus and said, "This is the cross I'd like to bear."  Jesus told him in response, "Sir, that's the cross you walked in with."

I absolutely love this story because it says so much.  It is so easy for us all to look at other's lives and their problems and think that we could handle it better.  We tend to covet other's problems and wish that we could trade with them.  But, the beautiful thing is that God has given us the perfect size cross to bear.  He knows that we can't handle something too heavy, but He also wants to challenge us and not give us something too light.  The cross that God has asked us to carry and bear is perfect for us . . . and when we feel like it's not, we must pray and get our perspectives right because God is never wrong.