I literally walked away from the computer after deciding on the title for this post.
Why, you ask?
Because it makes me uncomfortable.
Yet, when I reflect on all I have experienced in my life, I know it is true.
I can’t run away from it.
Neither can you.
I don’t enjoy thinking that trials, tests and insults are a normal part of our lives.
Some are small and better described as inconveniences or annoyances.
But I’m not thinking about ordinary trials, tests or insults today.
Rather, I’m reflecting on the trials, tests, and insults that come because of my faith in Christ.
And that makes me even more uncomfortable.
Yet, Peter provides encouragement about this in his first epistle.
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