We need to be willing to die for Christ.

I recently read an article in Brio Magazine. It was about a woman who was struggling with her faith.
But she said she knew she should feel blessed because she was able to pray, and believe in God freely.
That she was blessed because of other women who have to meet in secret, in elevator shafts hidden within buildings in countries that are opposed to the Gospel.
They know that they could be persecuted, arrested and killed.
But they do it because they believe in God. They do it because Jesus is the most important thing to them.
And I started thinking about my purpose in life.
I believe it is to help others.
So I thought maybe I'll be a missionary in some foreign country. But then I thought, I don't want to die a painful death. But this quote I saw in this documentary once came to me.
"We die only once. You might as well die for Christ." -- Werner Groenewald.
And I started thinking about those people who have to hide just so they can read their bibles and pray. Those people should be our heroes, our inspiration, our role models.
Our heroes shouldn't be football players or actors or authors, etc. Our biggest hero is Jesus. And then the people who are willing to die for their love of Christ.
 Do you see how lucky we are that we can just get our  bibles out and sit down and read? Or that we can openly pray and not be killed?
We are truly blessed.
 We have to be willing to die for Christ.
We need to be able to truthfully say "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:20
 Jesus is the the reason you live today. Put some truth behind "Christ died for me so I live for him."