the painting of the Crucifixion of Christ, on this link...pls. click if you wish to see...and ladies and gents, Jesus was betrayed by Judas and denied by one of his apostles three times, so let's be prepared to suffer such indignation at some point in our lives although in Jesus' case it was meant to happen in God's plan. but yes, carry that cross as Jesus did. our share and our show of love for him and in thanksgiving for His suffering and death on that cross, just to save us from our sins...
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.katapi.org.uk/images/Art/Crucifixion-Mantegna.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.katapi.org.uk/Art/Crucifixion.htm&h=1182&w=1600&sz=934&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=dCwEOr471MUb6M:&tbnh=111&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcrucifixion%2Bpaintings%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
http://www.gracevalley.org/sermon_trans/Christ_Crucified.html
where did Jesus died? in a place called Calvary or Golgotha, where both means "skull"... so we must not take a skull ever so lightly. it is a symbol after all, and a stark reminder of God's love and sacrifice for us...it means death where ever you see it, then in Jesus' time or now...and we don't really know if tomorrow will be the beginning of us being one of these skulls. young or old, rich or poor, pretty or ugly, intelligent or dumb, we are all fair game..."death is like a thief in the night, it comes to rob us of our lives, sometime, somewhere, sooner or later" very true...
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oh yeah, may i also add this: famous, semi or not, nobody or somebody, we will all bid our sad goodbyes. maybe tomorrow? or the next day? or the day after that and so on and on depending on the year count our name has. weirdly true...so what are we supposed to brag about? we are just merely dust or a scary skull waiting to become or waiting to happen in any given moment in time that we are not privy of, not unless you commit suicide. yes, dust that is being walked upon...by any body's shoes, yours or mine on that street corner somewhere in that hi-way or by-way of life, one busy morning or night...a skull that is just being cast aside as a fearful symbol is what will be just the remains of us...after our journey, after our time is over in this passing universe of life. our earthly existence is just a timed and a measured gift from God that will have to end sooner or later, us being in a happy state, mood or what have you. the sad truth of all of this or of all of that. but hey, we've lived, we've loved, we've tasted life. think about those that did not, those aborted kids by uncaring moms. we are still lucky that we had that chance :) to live in this wonderful planet with lots of flowers and waterfalls and fill in here...your favorite things :> so cheer up :)
