A man has a dream. In his dream, he is carrying a big wooden cross on his back. As he tires, he looks up towards the sky and exclaims "God! Why have You burdened me with Such a big and heavy cross?"
God replies, "My son, I am sorry that this cross feel like such a burden to you. Please enter the building next to you, lay down your cross, and select a new one inside that room."
The man looks around and sees a building he hadn't noticed before. He walks in as instructed, and is astounded at the shear number of crosses in there.
"Surely, I will find one that is easier for me to handle in here", he says. With that, he sets his cross down and begins searching.
However, as he searches, he notices each cross seemed to get bigger and heavier. Some crosses were stories high! The man searched in vain for an appropriate cross, and was ready to give up when, at the last instant, he notices a modest sized cross in a corner.
He walks over to it to better examine it. He sees that it is of a modest size and of moderate weight. It was no feather, but something he felt he could handle.
He looks towards Heaven and replies "Lord, I have found the cross I wish to carry. It is this one here", pointing to the modest one he just found.
The Lord replies, "My child, are you sure that is the cross you wish to bear?"
The man replies,"Yes, Lord, it is. This is what I have been searching for."
"very well", say God. If that is the one you wish to keep, then you may have it."
With that the amn walks out, and begins traveling again with his cross on his back. As he is walking, God asks him "Did you notice, by the way, that the cross you chose, was the same one you walked into that room with?"
Stunned. The man stops to inspect his "new" cross. Sure enough, it was his same cross. "Lord, I don't understand?" says the man.
"Very simple," God replies, "I would never burden you with more than I know you are able to handle. No matter how heavy or burdonsome it may feel to you at times, I would never give you a cross more than I know you are capable of sustaining. Such is My love for you."