Today is the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. We remember the value of the Cross of Jesus. God was not constrained to save us by dying on the Cross. He could have chosen another way to do this. However, in His infinite wisdom, He selected this way of the Cross. We can see why. Anyone, let alone a God who undergoes this torturous death, who suffers to this extent to save His people from sin and death, proves to the utmost degree his love for the people he dies for. We need to imitate Him. If He gives Himself to us to save us, then the least we can do is to approximate that by also giving ourselves up in carrying the Cross of each day.
