Matthew 10-11

These passages spoke to me- when Jesus talks about bringing the sword and that his mission will not always be peaceful because fathers and sons, mothers and daughters and other family ties will be broken.  We are to choose God above all others and this message has been on my mind all week.  What strength his followers must have had.  I am worried and torn about leaving the Catholic church just because I don't want "hard feelings" and these people in these times were facing DEATH for believing in Jesus!  My Matt has said for the past few years that we have to follow our hearts and do what we think is right for us and our family and forget about parental concerns because there is much more at stake here and Matthew's scripture really echoed that to me.