All the strong believers I know, have been rejected by bio families, with rare exception, those who were raised in strong Christians families, most of us were not. God told us to count the cost, because He wanted us to realize we may and usually do loose a lot in terms of human relationships to follow Christ.
And yet, there is not a real loss but an amazing gain, other brothers and sisters, some of which we have not yet met. The family of God is many, although few compared to the population of the world. Powerful is the bond of this new family.
Matthew 10:32-39
"32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.
33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
35 For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;
36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’
37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it."
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