Let me get this off my chest. I know some people may not like this, but I do not live for the opinions of men, I live for the glory of God. I am a Christian. I hold to the bible, and I will defend it in the most public and private of places. If you have a problem with that, then I apologize. I would love to sit down and talk to you about it. However, if you start tearing down Christianity, or another Christian in public, I will stand up and confront you. I'm sorry that your tolerance frowns upon me, pushes me into a box, all tucked away, with a nice stamp labeling me a bigot. That your tolerance only goes so far as your belief system does, that your tolerance gives you the idea that some people's lives are no longer worth living, and applauds them when they decide to end it all, instead of helping them through it. I can see what's coming. In the next couple of years, being a Christian will become a burden. It's coming to America. We have all been so blind as to not see it, but it is almost here. It already has it's foot in the door! Look at Houston! An openly lesbian mayor decided that she didn't like anything that goes against homosexuality to be preached, so she gave an order for any pastor's sermon relating to homosexuality to be confiscated. We can't talk about our belief's without getting labeled, but do you know what I believe? I'm proud to be labeled. They made fun of our Lord, labeled him the King of the Jews, as they spit on him, and tore his clothes, and shoved a crown of thorns into his head. They labeled the disciples as they hunted them down and killed them, in horrible ways. James said to rejoice in trials and tribulations when they come our way. Prepare to rejoice. We will be laughed at, ridiculed, and mocked, beaten to the ground, tortured and killed. Children and Women will be taken, Men will be killed. I will tell you one thing. He's coming back. When He comes back, when our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ comes back to get us, it will all be worth it. We will be in our Father's arms! When the persecution comes, when people hate you because of your faith, don't stop the race. Keep running the race that God has set before us, for when it is over, when we have finished the race, we will find ourselves with the Father, and everything that has been taken will be give back to us, in ways that we can never imagine. Lord, I pray that we will never lose site of the end goal, of seeing your face, and hearing "Well done, my good and faithful servant." I pray, that you will give us strength when the trials and tribulations come, when the insults, and the pain come pouring in. Let the Spirit be with us. When this is all said and done, we will see the glory of the Lord that we have all been waiting for. If we go through the pain with him, we will reign with him. Becoming a Christian doesn't give you a life full of daisies and roses, or whatever other flower you may choose. It gives you a life full of hardship and troubles, with a reward unlike anything else. Let us rejoice.
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