Pondering the Sufferings of Christians: Thought #1

A thought concerning the things we are willing to suffer for. Please read and ponder these wonderful words of the Puritan Thomas Watson.

Consider whom we suffer for: It is for Christ, and we cannot suffer for a better friend. There is many a man who will suffer shame and death for his lusts. He will suffer disgrace for a drunken lust. He will suffer death for a revengeful lust. Shall others die for their lusts and shall not we die for Christ? Will a man suffer for that lust which damns him, and shall not we suffer for that Christ which saves us?

-Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes