The Cross is lighter than its weight.
There is no other way to put the burden down, than by the taking up of The Cross. Otherwise, He would not have said:
"And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me."
Luke 9:23
The Cross is the place of the death of the flesh. The flesh wants its own way. The flesh wants to control. The flesh wants to have things all organized in this life. The flesh resists all that He is.
Soldier, there is no freedom apart from The Cross.
He will reveal the beauty. He will woo you.
Tell Him and tell Him today.
Aloud.