Suffering

Today I had the urge to do long devotions before class. I think God was trying to tell me to spend more time with Him today than I usually do. Usually I am dead when my alarm goes off, but today I had a lot of energy. Yup, definitely God!
So I went to McConn and just opened my Bible in a random spot. I was trusting God to give me something great...and He did just that. My Bible opened up to 1 Peter. I read chapters 2-4 and I needed to hear those words. It talks about living for God and suffering for being a Christian. Lately I've been worrying what my "friends" from home will think about my faith and chapter 4 touched my soul. After reading it, I don't worry about what my friends will think.

1 Peter 4: 14-16
If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and God rests on you. If you suffer, if 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 that name.

I made sure to highlight this. I am going to start reading it every week to remind me that it doesn't matter what other people think about my faith because Im not ashamed of it. I want people to know about my faith and share it with others. And if people do make fun or me for it, it doesn't matter because God will bless me that I stand for Him.

After I read 1 Peter, I wanted more and didn't want to stop reading God's word. So I turned to my favorite book of the Bible...Psalm. Before I knew it, I had read almost 10 chapters. By this time, I had been sitting in McConn for almost an hour.  I had gotten lost in God's word and didn't want to stop. It was amazing! God is so good!