I Heard a Story

I heard a story today on the Drew Mariani Show on RelevantRadio. It's worth sharing:

A priest was in the middle of celebrating Mass in a small town in Africa. Guerrillas came from the woods surrounding this little community and burst into the small chapel with guns firing and people screaming. The main guerrilla grabbed the priest and threw him out of the small church. The doors being slammed shut so that the parishioners would not be able to see.

The man asked if anyone else believed that Jesus is God. After a time, an elderly man near the front stood up and declared that he did. He was grabbed by the other man and thrust out the door as well. After a few more moments other parishioners stood up and were escorted outside. When no one else stood up, the guerrilla leader walked outside. His men were still at the door.

Outside the sound of machine gun fire was heard. The guerrilla leader came back in and ordered everyone left outside. What they saw surprised them all. Instead of bloody bodies on the ground they saw all who had given witness and their priest fine, just a little dirty.

To the people who did not stand up for their faith, he said "Find what you believe in and stand up for it!" He looked at his men and ordered them back into the woods and they were gone.

How many of us would be in the group who stood up for their beliefs? How many of us would belong to the second group?