Thoughts

The Reality of the Cross:
"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. . . Suffering, then is the badge of true discipleship. The disciple is not above his master. Following Christ means passio passiva, suffering because we have to suffer. That is why Luther reckoned suffering among the marks of the true Chruch, and one of the memoranda drawn up in preparation for the Augsburg Confession similarly defines the Church as the community of those 'who are persecuted and martyred for the gospel's sake'". Bonhoeffer

And Understanding of His Call:"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple." Luke 14.26"Wherever a group, be it large or small, prevents us from standing alone before Christ, wherever such a group raises a claim of immediacy it must be hated for the sake of Christ." Bonhoeffer

He has been teaching me a lot lately about what it means to truly follow Him, to be willing to get out of the boat, and risk sinking, to walk with Him. Am I ready?