Acts 14:
19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
This was part of our Bible reading today, and it was encouraging to me to know that the Christian life is one of afflictions. And yet I'm humbled to even use the word affliction to describe anything in my life when I've never been bashed unconscious with rocks and left for dead. Just something I'm thinking about this Lord's Day that I thought might provoke good and edifying thoughts.
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