Alright. So a couple of days ago I went to the local jail to serve time to take care of a ticket that I didn't have the money to pay for (don't worry Grandma it was a minor traffic ticket, my inspection was out.) Anyway I was only there for two days, but there's not a lot to do but sleep and read a bible that's provided and...think.

I sat in the cell and read the Word, and slept and read more and slept and read and thought  I started to get bored...PATHEDIC! God quickly brought to mind a book I have been reading called The Heavenly Man, it's about a man named Brother Yun who suffered greatly under the Chinese government for the sake of Christ. Now I was not in jail because of my faith, but being there made me realize how fortunate I am. Yes I was in jail, but I was not being held against my own will, I chose to sit my ticket out. I was not being tortured; I was being fed 3 meals a day and had a mattress to sleep on complete with two blankets. I had no right to be bored. Then I thought, "What if" What if I was put in prison against my own will and tortured and held from my family and friends for an unknown amount of time...all for the sake of Christ.  Brutal thought I know, scary thought I know but this thought is not far from others reality.