take up your cross

“And he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake will find it.” Matthew 10:38,39

Paul’s an awesome example of how to live like Jesus asked in this verse, we talked about him last night in housechurch. He endured a lot for Jesus, so many beatings he lost count, given the thirty-nine lashes we saw in The Passion five times, beaten with rods three times, stoned by a mob, shipwrecked three times, imprisoned too many times to remember, and the list in 2 Corinthians 11:23-33 goes on. He totally gave up his life. It looks like it was worth it though, at the end of his life he was confident that he had lived out God’s purpose for him on earth. I want to be that confident at the end of my live. God would You give me Paul’s attitude on suffering for You?