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I don't want to be trite, but Jesus description of what the disciples should expect to experience does not play out this way in my life. The circumstances he was sending these guys into were certainly starker than a corporate job and loving family and church community, but I feel like I should expect the same if I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. I just cruise along mostly. I don’t want to over read into what this is supposed to look like for me, but it is startling. Perhaps faith has introduced some tension life but not like this. On the other hand, it doesn't seem to indicate that you should seek out conflict for its own sake; it will come to you. Am I doing the right stuff, living the right life though? Am I so risk averse that I have eliminated these elements from my life inadvertently? Is comfort and predictability my idol? [yes] Is people pleasing my idol? [yes]. So rather than seeking out conflict for its own sake, I need to fully commit to God’s M.O. then I am may get to be blessed by those pleasant side effects. Maybe that’s what it means to find your life by losing it…