Persecution and more thoughts

http://www.persecution.com/news/index.cfm?action=fullstory&newsid=599

I'm not sure how many of you reading this have read that artice but even reading it over may have made me think more about it, maybe not.
"All of the leaders have been arrested and are being severly tortured."
"These students shared the Bible and video CD with their friends..."

These kids probably knew that they were going to get arrested for doing this. What bothers me that I am not sharing the Bible with anyone. And I am not going to get arrested if I do share. Matthew 16:24...Am I taking up my cross, devoting my life to God as much as I possibly can.

I think I am more scared than anything. But why be scared...people are going to hear the gospel and I will get to worship in heavan with. But why am I sitting back and letting everything pass by while I do my own "thing"

Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Even though I want to be hidden I can't be.

Mark 4:21 And He said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed and not on a stand"

I think this verse hit me the hardest. Am I under a basket? My light just peaking through at some parts or am I under the bed..light just plain being hidden.

Mark 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation"

I know a lot of my thoughts weren't really organized. But it's been something that God has been showing to me that it's something I personally need to work on in my life. And I know I can't do it on my own but God is faithful.

Pslam 66:20 Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!