2 Timothy 1:8 · World English Bible
Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,
An older man, chained and about to die, tells a younger one not to be embarrassed to be associated with him. The temptation is obvious: distance yourself from the losing cause, protect your reputation, disown what has become costly.
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CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
An older man, chained and about to die, tells a younger one not to be embarrassed to be associated with him. The temptation is obvious: distance yourself from the losing cause, protect your reputation, disown what has become costly.
But the invitation runs the other way. Step toward the affliction, take your share of the burden rather than your share of the credit. Something worth believing will eventually cost you something to hold, and the willingness to pay is what separates conviction from mere agreement. Do not abandon a conviction simply because standing near it has become dangerous. Shoulder the load, and you find you can bear more than you thought.
Clinical Psychology lens
What belief of yours have you been keeping just slightly out of sight?
If you want to live by something, expect to be laughed at for it. Take the mockery as part of the cost and keep walking.
In a place where no one is acting like a decent human being, be one. The absence is exactly why the role falls to you.
Love what is true for its own sake, not for the reward or the standing it brings you. Anything kept only while it pays was never really held.
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Clinical Psychology