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those who lose their life for my sake will save it.

I don't think I've ever mentioned it, but we are Lutheran. After living in Washington D.C. for five years, Hubs and I moved back to his hometown so we could raise our kids in a family-friendly area (and be able to live life at a slower pace!). We have the awesome privilege of being able to attend the church my husband grew up in. It's like our second family.

Today being the second Sunday of Lent, our pastor was teaching out of the Gospel of Mark where Jesus predicts His death {Mark 8:31-38}. Peter, one of Jesus' disciples, gets mad at Jesus for telling everyone that He's going to be tortured and killed, but then be risen from the dead. I'm guessing Peter didn't want the people who loved Jesus to become upset or afraid. After all, Jesus was their teacher. Most of His followers lived to hear His teachings and this new little "church" was just starting out. In a very big and scary Roman-occupied world. I assume after hearing Jesus talk about His death, the people didn't understand why this had to happen. Well, that's why Jesus was telling them. He needed them to understand.

Jesus basically told Peter not to be angry. He said, "For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things" {v. 33}. I love this verse. How many times a day do I worry over human things instead of trusting God with his plan for my life? I bet we all can relate to that. Jesus wasn't telling everyone that He would die so that they would worry, but so that they would understand why He had to die. He would die for the people then, and throughout the rest of time (this includes me and you!), so that the people who believed in Him, that He was their Savior, could have eternal life in heaven with Him. Forever. Which is why He would be risen from the dead after three days, to signify that He is the Living God. And everyone who believed in Him would also have life. Jesus told the people, "For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it".