Up or Down?

The CROSS points upwards to Heaven, like an arrow pointing upwards to the way we should strive to go, Up not Down, Heaven not hell.

The horizontal section of the Cross is shorter in length, than the vertical section. When the Cross was placed in the ground, the bottom end was buried to ensure that it stood tall and straight, pointing up towards Heaven. Even tho you cannot see the bottom end that is buried, you can see where the Cross is coming up out of the ground/dirt.

When I look at or think about the Cross, the 3 nail holds where Christ was nailed to the Cross, they remind me of the Trinity; The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.

The Cross, to me is much more than 2 sections joined together to form a Cross.

The horizontal section shows me Jesus stretching out His arms, inviting me and you to come to Him, and His love for us. The shorter horizontal section also reminds me of just how short our time is here on earth, compared to God's time and the time of eternity, that is never ending.

The vertical section reminds me that if there was no body (vertical), no God, then there would be nothing and no place for the horizontal section (the world and man-kind) to come from. There has to be a body (vertical) for everything or there can be nothing.

Think about it; if trees didn't have a trunk/body (vertical) and there would be no places for the branches (horizontal). If we didn't have a body (vertical) then there would be no place for our arms (horizontal). 

Stand up and stretch your arms out wide. If you would look into a mirror or look at your shadow, you would see the image of a Cross.

When I think of the base of the Cross, I am reminded of the Cross coming up out of the ground/dirt (horizontal), just as Adam was created from the dirt/ground (horizontal). But when God breathed life into Adam, he stood and became vertical like the vertical section of the Cross.

The horizontal section of the Cross reminds me of the short time we are here on earth, and the ground's horizon, in which we will be layed horizontal into our grave, the ground in which man came from.

Once our physical body is laid horizontal for the last time (physical death), it is because of the vertical Cross, that we will NOT remain horizontal in the grave/ground.

Think about your cross and which way is it pointing; upwards to Heaven, or downwards to hell?

And he that taketh not his cross (your body, mind, heart and soul), and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.

Matthew 10:38