worth it.

In China, Christians are persecuted by beatings and imprisonment. In the West, people are persecuted by the words of other Christians.

Quote from The Heavenly Man by Brother Yun

The Truth. It gently reveals itself infront of me. Perfect, blameless, loving, sacrificial, accepting, understanding, unconditional, real.

The pleasures and false promises of this world. They incessantly shout for me, they are persistent, clever, tricky, seductive, compromising and so tempting.

The closer I draw to God, the more clearly I begin to see the lies I have believed, and the promises of the world that it will never and can never keep. The worst lie of all I believed was that I could ever have real life as is is meant to be without God, without Jesus.

It is literally painful to explore and talk about the truth in this world. Talking about God and the truth of Jesus often leads to alienation, rejection, ridicule and slander. But the more willingly I open myself to those things, in search for truth...the more I am unable and unwilling to deny that Jesus is the only hope for this world. What ever suffering may come from finding the truth of our existence, the real meaning of our life, and the path to everlasting love and life...it is worth it. What's more it is worth my life itself.

Sharing the love of God, through what Jesus Christ has done. That is real. That is truth. With full clarity and soundness of mind I say it is something worth giving everything else up for.

Though I am weak, and broken, limited and a unfinished work...my hope is in Jesus...and with him I will walk with a loving God.