(Washington Stand) Life can be so tiring. And there are so many reasons why.
As believers, we know being a Christian doesn’t equal an easy life. Rather, Jesus promised quite the opposite. He said the world would hate us for our loyalty to Christ, because the world hated Him first.
Persecuted Christians in Nigeria, China, and all around the globe know this well. Those Christians are forced to hide their faith for fear of imprisonment, torture, or execution. The expansion of LGBT ideology has increasingly labeled Christians as bigots, transphobes, homophobes, hateful, extremists, or whatever derogatory term you can think of. And simply as human beings, we’re vulnerable to weariness from the stresses of life. In addition to going against the “norms” of this fallen world, we face illness, uncertainty, confusion, pain, sorrow, and temptations that seem to pull us in every direction we don’t want to go. (Read More)
