When we were in eighth grade, the man who would become my lifelong best friend and I were talking about martyrdom. I told him that I did not know if I had the courage to die for Christ. He told me “Tim, dying for Christ is easy, because in that moment, He gives you the grace you need. Living for Christ is what’s hard“. Brent is gone to heaven now. He died of cancer two years ago. I still miss him every day.