I originally posted this a long while ago before I actually put time into deviation descritions, this piece needs an update. The cross has become a fashion item of sorts. Something you can wear as a nice compliment to complete an outfit or something of that nature. It is sad that it has come to that. People need to be reminded that the cross was first and foremost a device for execution. That cross around your neck might as well be a gas chamber, a noose, or an electric chair. The cross to me is a serious reminder of how great a sacrifice was given for our salvation. Christ did not seperate himself from the criminals he was being executed with. He felt every nail, he felt his human lungs slowly collapse as the weight of his body could no longer sustain itself. He felt thirst, he felt hunger, he felt pain, all for you and me.