Coffee Talk with Christie

we just got back from maryland late last night. we had a great time.

i am so blessed to have such a wonderful family.

on sunday we went to bvwc soon to be the journey. we heard a marvelous message from pastor mark about being persecuted for Christ. this morning, as i read the Bible, i found this verse, "yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."

pastor tim rutledge, at our ywts a few saturday's ago, mentioned that if we say we are a friend of God, we need to be prepared to suffer... most of Jesus' disciples were tortured before they died or murdered. we sing the song, "i am a friend of God", but are we really willing to suffer for His name's sake?

just a thought that i have had floating through my mind for a few weeks... i hope i am truly a friend of God and willing to do whatever He asks of me.