Take Up Your Cross?

You know Aunt Bruinhilda, and how she always pinches my cheek and says, "My how you've grown," even though I'm 40 years old? I just can't hardly stand it, but I guess she's just the cross I have to bear...

We're familiar with the saying of Jesus in Luke 9.23, "take up your cross," but what does it mean? Does it just mean that we should bear up under the little irritations of life?

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