The Cost

 I hear some church-goers say that they are "persecuted" or ridiculed for believing in their antiquated faith.  Then they look down their noses at those who don't agree with their brand of religion.  This is especially noted in the more fundamentalist groups, the true believers. But I wonder if these same people would still be professing and worshipping at church if the cost was their very life itself?  The real persecuted martyrs did just that.  They said yes to their faith, publicly, and were executed, often brutally.  I have to ask myself, what price will I pay to stay a true witness to what I believe?  And you?