What is it to suffer? To humble oneself even to death, death on a cross. Is that a cause for rejoicing? A plot worth considering to be a pure joy? What natural response does trial and persecution awaken in your mind? Or are they mere terms, with associations to matters and methods in need of questioning, in need of considering the weight of their meaning and feeling and purpose in our lives. Lives, livelihood, lifestyle- Reflect, breathe. Examine, breathe. Slow down, breathe. Be still and know and consider once more your life. What do you account for? What colors splash across the canvas, the tapestries of your convoluted assumptions and evaluations of livelihood; what have you established in your life? Do you follow? You've been called to follow but do you know and understand the call? Do you know and understand what it is to follow? Do you know and understand the One whom you're following? Questions in need of answering, the answer you'll likely name- so simple, with such ease the name ascends and descends from the leverages and spirals of your tongue. You may be well-versed in announcing the name, you may be able to declare praises and prayers to the name, you may wear the name on an article of clothing, imprint it on your body, shout it in a crowd, write it on a card, on a street corner, in a newsletter, on a billboard or post-it-note. But do you know the Name? Do you know