This testimony called Permission to Speak is an illumination of the longstanding debt that we owe. It is hewed out of personal dedication to the knowledge of Jesus Christ in the midst of trials and triumphs along the journey. The cross seemingly has become an embellishment to some in how they treat its very essence. In its rugged and blood-stained frame, the cross must never be assumed as beauty, but shame for the sins we committed that sent Him to His mortal death.