Don't Give Up

"If with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped? Even if you suffer for it, you’re still better off. Don’t give the opposition a second thought. Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy. Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They’ll end up realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath. It’s better to suffer for doing good, if that’s what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad. That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God."  1 Peter 3:13-18


Wow, this is Peter speaking, the same "foot-in-mouth" Peter, who always seems to get in trouble when he starts to open his mouth.

And its amazing how the Lord showed Peter his flaws and broke him just enough that after Jesus have ascended to heaven, Peter is able to repent and lead the Jerusalem church with the other disciples who was with him as they followed Jesus in His short earthly ministry.

This just means that our weaknesses and the wrong things we have done is not stopping God's grace and mercy from using us in His Kingdom to lead others to Christ and to teach our fellow co-laborers.