Crosses  (page 30)

I remember this poem.  The inspiration came from a story I heard or read, I can't remember which it was.  The story as I remember goes like this.  There was a man carrying a cross.  He cried out to the Lord that it was too heavy.  Jesus told him to open that door, that Jesus pointed to, and put it against the wall.  Then Jesus pointed to another door and said to go back out.  Next Jesus pointed to a door and said to the man, go in and pick out one that you would want.  The man walked into a room and saw all these "large" crosses.  Then he kept looking and saw this little one.  He said to Jesus, "I want to carry this one"!  Jesus looked at the man and said, "That is the one you came in with.  Our cross always seems larger than some one else.