Thought of the Day !!

After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up and flee to Egypt with the child and his mother," the angel said. "Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to try to kill the child."
Matthew 2:13 (NLT)

Jesus' problems with persecution began even before he said his first words. He didn't have a life of peaceful living off the fat of the land. Instead, he was the kind of person who was different, who upset those who liked things the way they were. People didn't understand him and saw him as strange...even upsetting.

This was the life of Jesus. So if we're to call ourselves Christians, who by definition are supposed to be like Christ, how should we expect any less in our own lives. Jesus said to deny ourselves and take up our crosses and follow him. He never said it would be easy. But then again, what in life that's worth anything is?

In the love of Christ,
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