In the life of a Superhero.

So today I read about “Suffering for Doing Good,” “Living for God,” and “Suffering for Being a Christian.” Now just by reading the subtitles, one would think negatively about wanting to be a Christian. It isn’t easy. It’s hard because there is this battle between our physical desires, our emotional desire, and our spiritual desire. Our physical desire could be sex, drinking, entertainment, material goods, money, etc. Emotionally, we desire love, friendship, support, closure, peace. [not saying any of that is bad] And after wanting all that, we get tired of wanting more when it comes to what we need spiritually, so we leave the spiritual things aside and settle for the physical and emotional desires. Lately, for myself, the question of why I chose to be a Christian kept rising up. I will admit, there are many moments where i just want to forget about being a “good Christian” and go along with my desires, but then I feel guilty. Is that the correct feeling though for wanting what other people have? these past weeks have still been tough. I needed my time to ask myself if I wanted to suffer for the good. Did I want to live for God and will I be okay with “suffering” because I am a Christian? And there it was, the answer and the reminder of why Christians suffer. We suffer for the name of Jesus Christ and the belief that He died on the cross for our sins so that our sins may be put to rest. Yes, we do have struggles and trials, but it is Jesus Christ that we can rely on to rest our burdens upon Him because His “yolk is easy and His burden is light.” So I guess that when we do “suffer,” it isn’t really suffering because in the end, His name will be lifted high and that alone can be our reward.

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