 If you think about that for a second, it's like either Jesus is a jerk, and he's asking us to do something that is totally meaningless, or he's not, and what he's asking of us is totally meaningful. And so taking up our cross has meaning. And you say, well, okay, meaning, it's okay, great, it has meaning. What's that mean? Paul, in probably the most profound statement for me when it comes to suffering, said in Colossians 1.24, I boast in my sufferings.