You are right abt the price we pay for following Jesus full on! "ALL those who wish to live Godly lives in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution," says the Bible.

I was woken by what sounded like a rock hitting the house. It reminded me that Apostle Paul felt every rock thrown at him until he went unconscious and may have even died. But as Christians stood in a ring around him, God revived him and he went on with his evangelism. But he would always have the memory of the pain as those rocks slammed into him. Jesus said "If they have done it to me, they will do it to you." We need to "arm ourselves with the same mind" as the Bible says.

And we must pray for each other...