The Cross Movie
Posted by ljoh3106 on April 5, 2009
Last weekend a very unique movie opened in theaters to very little fanfare.
THE CROSS is the story of one man carrying a twelve-foot wooden cross on a pilgrimage around the world.
Arthur Blessitt’s story began with a simple act of obedience…making a large cross to hang on the wall of “His Place,” a Jesus coffee house he had started in Hollywood, California. Then, in 1968, he began taking short trips with the cross along the Sunset Strip, giving out food to hungry hippies and telling them about Jesus. Soon, he began to feel Jesus calling him to carry the cross across America. He left Hollywood on Christmas Day 1969, beginning a journey that would see him walk across the entire country to New York and then on to Washington, D.C.
In 1988 he felt Jesus tell him to carry the cross in every nation. In June of 2008, Arthur finally completed his mission with the faithful assistance of his wife, Denise, who has been with him in 291 of the nations and island groups he’s visited.
We saw the movie this weekend and I recommend it to every Christian. Arthur’s story moved me. Praise God for the “million miracles” that sustained him during his travels so his story could be told. I came away with the knowlege that if God calls you to a mission, no matter how difficult it is, He will make sure you complete it.
