Part of what we bring, wherever we go, is a message, the message and teaching of Jesus. But part of what we bring, when we meet people, is simply our presence . It is so important, said Jesus, to bring peace wherever we go. If you have that peace, if you bring it, if you share it, that opens the door for whatever else you want to do. Jesus didn't pretend that any of this was going to be easy.
Some simple things demand a lot of patience, or courage, or trust.
Holding on to what you know, in the face of people who are trying to argue you out of it, or in the face of people who are trying to fool you, or hurt you, isn't easy. And Jesus predicted that all those things would happen to his friends. But the message itself is a simple one. It doesn't always seem as though the love of God is a sophisticated enough message to bring to the world we live in. Sometimes the message of love seems foolish, and it often seems powerless.