Cross went missing and was found

So I took my cross off for a moment and left it on my table.
I came back to my room and could not find it.
I reported it missing/stolen and even sent two emails about it.
Then I returned to my room and found it.
It could have been missing or stolen - I am honestly not sure.

This makes me realize that while I am here all of my possessions could be stolen from me.

I could be stripped of my laptop, cell phone, bibles, hymn books, both simple wooden crosses (I have a back up I put in my locked cubby in case I ever find a wife... she would have to be a Christian too), my clothes, everything. My wallet was already stolen, reported stolen and not returned. I am in the process of replacing my IDs.

But even if they took all of my things, including my simple wooden cross - I would still be a Christian.

A patient has threatened my life twice verbally, and a staff member has laid hands on me. At the civic a guard was yelling 'F**k Jesus' as I was restrained and injected with pharmakeia.

I could realistically be beaten to death by a patient or staff member that is so deep in sin they are taken over by a demon (or for any number of reasons).

They could even sucker punch me when I am not looking (a patient has already walked up to me and struck me repeatedly twice here at The Royal) and I could drop to the ground and hit my head and die.

But even if they beat me to death while I was restrained - I would still be a Christian.

Christ Jesus is the Lord of Lords, and the King of Kings. My allegiance is to Christ Jesus. Amen.

Ready to live, suffer, and die for Jesus.
Every single day. I am in it till the wheels fall off.
Hallelujah! I am free in Christ!

2 Corinthians 4:7-12

⁷ But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. ⁸ We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; ⁹ persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. ¹⁰ We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. ¹¹ For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. ¹² So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.