Thursday

Yesterday I read 1 Peter. What struck me was the encouragement to stand in the midst of suffering. He is warning them they are about to enter a time of extreme persecution and he wanted them to know that the hope they had in Christ was worth the pain they were about to endure. It seemed especially pointed to me as earlier in the day I had watched the video of a young girl being berated and called names by her bus driver because she had told another child she believed marriage was between a man and a woman only. The bus driver has received no negative consequences and the school district is standing behind her. As our society becomes more and more secular, these things will happen more often. 1 Peter is a reminder that we should be ready to endure these things and continue to do what is right so that God's glory will shine through the pain and cause even the persecutors to see we have something precious. It's a sobering thought. And a privilege.