Suffering

This is not always an easy topic to talk about. Yet God says that we will suffer in following Him.
It is amazing, when you stop and think about how blessed we are in the US. or maybe we arnt blessed maybe its really a curse? I can see and read examples of what it means to suffer in other countries but what does it mean to suffer in the US. Tonight I was taken to the book of Habakkuk I was exposed to the fact that although Habakkuk had been given this vision and understanding from the Lord that only suffering and trouble was going to come for the nation of Isreal he still responds with rejoicing.
Though all of these trials and suffering will come ch3:18 "yet I will rejoice in the Lord I will take joy in the God of my salvation God the Lord is my strength"

I wonder if this is how I will respond when I am placed into suffering for His name sake.

I talk about being willing and ready to suffer but is anyone really ready for it. I think that if I really embraced this my life would look different I would no longer care what people think of me or of what they might say or do to me it drives me back to my last post " in God I trust I will not be afraid what can man do to me.