The High Cost of Release
He's exaggerating, right? He means that we should just be willing, right? " If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple " —Luke 14:26. " And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple " —Luke 14:27. " …any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple " —Luke 14:33. God doesn't exaggerate for effect. He says what He means, and means what He says. I wish He wouldn't give me so much to wrestle with so early in the morning. I had some words to look up. " Hate " here means " to detest " and, by extension, " to love less ." Pretty sure I knew what the word " disciple " meant, I looked it up anyway. No rocket science here, it simply means " a learner ." Last night, I did a mental health check only to discover that out of ten causes of dep...