I will rejoice in suffering

i wrote this about a week ago, but never published it:

so, i was recently told by a friend, that a couple of days ago when she was with a different group of friends they started talking about intervarsity and the fact that they are bad people. she asked why they were saying that and they just continued to say that they are bad and to watch out for them.


this makes me sad to hear this. questions arise in my head; are we letting the light shine through us? is it truly us that they hate or do they think they "have a bone to pick with God"? are they a few of the many that dont believe and have a relationship with God because of the mistakes we do? and some of these people in this group even claim to be christians and claim to follow the Lord. some of them have even come to our events including small group. why do they feel as though they need to be fake and put on a different mask around us? we are being real around them and we want the same visa versa.


i know that we as christians are going to be persecuted and bashed for what we believe. i cant imagine how much this pains Jesus to watch and hear this.




1 Peter 4:8-19

"Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? And, "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?" So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good."