Just Visiting "In the world but not of it"

This morning I read a passage from 2 Timothy. A certain verse stuck out to me: “In fact, Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” - 2 Timothy 3:12. This hit me so hard, partly because of the fact that a couple hours later I heard a sermon about persecution and prayed for the persecuted church. Just awesome. Anyways, maybe I’m wrong, but the way I interpret this is a total slap in the face - If I’m a real christian in a public school, I should be facing persecution. Am I? I find that sometimes I pull away from the subject of religion or Christianity when it comes up among my non-Christian friends, so often the answer is no. I really need to change that. I need to openly spread God’s word among all the school. Help me to do so? (pray)

This got me thinking: Seeing most of my “Christian” friends at school, they do their Wednesday and Sunday routine, but don’t take Christ with them in school. I often find myself in that same situation though. So do we put on Jesus like a hat? Do we take it off when it’s appropriate maybe (politically correct)? When we feel comfortable (around our friends)? Do people steal it from us? I sure hope that doesn’t happen. Lord give us strength. We don’t know what we’re doing.