Counting the Cost!

A little while ago while on one of our trips to ISOM, my friend and I were discussing the cost of following Jesus. We both had differing opinions of it. They were both good, but different. Let me tell you mine.

My explanation of counting the cost is, that once you give your life to Jesus and start to follow Him and His ways, you will lose some people along the way. Family, friends, etc. Your life has changed, you are no longer your old self anymore. Some people have a hard time accepting that. When they ask you to go out and do something that you used to do, but you no longer do it, that annoys people. Come on, let's go have a drink. I'm sorry, I don't drink anymore. Eventually they stop asking you and then you lose them as a friend. They stop coming around, stop calling, just disappear from your life. That's alright, they weren't much of a friend to begin with, if they can't stick by you. I would much rather have Jesus in my life, than someone who is a pretender! Jesus is the truth, the light and the way. My previous life before Jesus, I was headed for destruction! Now I have eternity as my destination. Praise the Lord!

This has happened on facebook to me. I started praising God and post scripture on my wall, next thing I know, "friends" are deleting me left and right, or blocking me. "Friends" whom I have known all of my life. People I have grown up with and would have thought better than this. People I would never thought that it would bother, but apparently it did. I also kind of think that going to school to be a pastor, some "friends" thought that I would start to judge them by the lifestyle that they led. Not my job to judge, that is God's! I just want to be a friend to them, witness to them and tell them what God has been doing in my life! I wasn't given the chance. They dropped me like a hot rock. That is their loss. I am not going to change what I have been doing just becuase some people don't like it. God has me here for a reason, and I want to share Him with everyone that I possibly can! Praise the Lord!