Stephen And Stones

“What would you lay down your life for?”

The preacher asked that question as he talked about the martyrdom of Stephen in Acts 4-5.

Stephen could have spared himself, but decided truth was more important even than his own life. Before the Jewish religious leaders, Stephen chose to lay down his life for the truth about Jesus.

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As a teacher, I was careful about hypothetical situations. Too easy to make extreme commitments when consequences aren’t real.

The preacher issued a similar caution. One shouldn’t ponder a response to this sort of question without also seriously considering the consequences.

Curiously enough, I’ve thought quite a bit about this issue, and I believe I know my answer. Of course, I also understand I can never really know unless I actually face the choice.

I don’t think I need to share my answer. In this case, perhaps the question is more important than the answer, anyway.

“What would you lay down your life for?”

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I WILL share one personal reflection, a question I’m asking myself:

Would I lay down my life for the kids at the Home of Hope?

I want to say, “Yes.”

So, what am I waiting for?

See what I mean about “consequences?”