So lemme see here...Saturday...just sittin here workin. We had a good study last nite basically on the power of God, whether or not God cares, and how through rough times He will deliver us. Some pretty cool stuff. Ephesians 1:18-20 When i read this passage it inspired some lyrics in my head that go "I fall into Your arms, the very same arms that raised my savior." It boggles my mind that this awesome and powerful God knows each one of our names. "I have written your name on my hand" ( Isaiah 49:16) Just imagine your name on God's lips. How crazy is that!? I almost feel like God is preparing me for something intense though. In one of my devos earlier this week the verse was Colossians 1:24 and the devo was about suffering. Now when you hear the word "suffering" pertaining to us as Christians, what do you think of? Well I'd say we probably think of suffering for the sake of Christ, suffering for His name, we might suffer because of differences. I think of the girl who was shot in the Columbine incident because she said she believed in God. Well my devo raised this question "Are you willing to suffer for someone's salvation?" I thought to myself "wow, this really hits home." Would I suffer for someone's salvation. This reminded me of a story about this pastor giving a sermon and he began to tell a story of a father, the father's son and his son's friend who went on a boating trip out to sea. There was a mighty storm and it tossed the son's friend overboard. Well the son jumped in after him to try to save his friend. Keep in mind these were young kids. It turned out neither of them swam too well. The father realized he only had one life savor ring to toss. And in the time that he could toss the ring and reel one kid in, the other would drown. The father had to make a choice, he tossed the ring out and his son's friend grabbed on, before the friend was even brought back up on board his son disappeared into the depths. Why didn't the father choose his son?? The father and son were both believers in Christ, but the friend was not. When asked, the father would say "I will see my son again in eternity, but the friend was not saved." Well after service a person came upto the pastor and said, "I don't believe that story. I see the point, but I don't think any father would do that." The pastor responded, "It's a true story." The person then said, "How do you know?" "I was the friend." Responded the pastor. Are you willing to suffer for someone's salvation? Sure we are willing to suffer for Christ, but what about someone's salvation? Maybe you've already thought about this or heard this, but for me it is a new way of thinking. The biggest reason why this hits home for me is that neither of my parents are saved. I would be willing to go through extremes just to see them come to Christ.