do you die everday?

Do you die everyday?  I can say with 100% certainty that I do not.  But, isn't that what a Christian means?  To die everyday?  Let me explain.  Jesus asked us to take up our cross and follow him.  Do you get the picture now?  We are the ones that put Him up on that cross.  It was our sin that nailed Him there.  It was our sin that killed our precious Savior.  Jesus asks us to "die" everyday in order to follow Him.  Okay, no He does not mean literally.  He means for us to always jump out of our comfort zones and follow Him the middle of the valleys and in the darkness when no one else will enter.  He asks us to give up EVERYTHING we have and allow ourselves to do what is asked of us when Jesus commands it.  This is one area I REALLY need to work on.  I mean, I started it with small things and then God asked me to sell my DVD collection.  I'll be honest, that one hurt.  But, I know and feel that weight lifted off my shoulders because I do not have to have the best dvd's or the best collection because I want the best of God.  Now, I have heard of people having to sell ALL of their belongings in order to allow God to be the center of their lives (uh, Job anyone?).  I hope I do not have to do this.  But, I truly believe I would be able to now, now that my "most prized" possessions are gone.  I do not have anything holding me back.  I would like to say that I would do anything that God asked me to do.  So far, I've been okay.  But, I pray that He gives me the strength to do anything He needs me to do.  So, I have not died everyday to be with Jesus, though I should.  So, I pray to start now and allow my "dying" to be the hope and inspiration to someone else that they can allow God to be the center of their lives too.