Suffering to live, scared of love

danceerindance:

I’m reading Acts for my New Testament class, and I just came across this passage:

“They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.  The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.” (Acts 5:40b-41)

This BLOWS MY MIND. The disciples were beaten and tortured, yet they were HAPPY about it because they were being punished for Jesus’ sake.

That is intense