May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. Galatians 6:14
We are again in the season of our national elections and are bombarded with literature urging us to vote in a particular way. Every party makes promises which, should they be elected, they would find difficult to keep. Each candidates wants us to put a cross against their name.
It can be confusing especially when we feel our cross will make little difference. Thousands of people will be voting and their cross can cancel out ours. Surely we can feel that our cross is insignificant.
But a cross which is not insignificant is the cross of Jesus Christ which brings salvation and newness of life. It is unique and momentous, bringing life where there was only death. Every soul since the time of Christ’s death has been affected by that one single cross.
So as we place our election cross, we hope to improve the lot of fellow mankind, all the while remembering the most important cross of all, the cross which saves our souls and has the power to save the whole world.