Who said life would be easy?

32: Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 
33: But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 
34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 
35: For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 
36: And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 
37: He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 
38: And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 
39: He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. 

This is and for me will be one of those passages that reminds me of the struggle for the salvation of my soul.  I have lost friends, argued with family and generally been attacked by people.  The good news is that the pain of this particular struggle does ease with time.  Glory to GOD for this.  

However you will never know when you will have to defend yourself so i put this verse up as a reminder that life is not easy but GOD rewards!