Luke 14:26-30
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it– lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

 If you keep up with facebook you read the status this week on my profile “The counting the cost principle is valid, and I pray that none of us are weighed in the balance and found wanting”.  The thing is, we ALL understand the value of counting the cost. The cost of following Christ is not small, but the reward is great. I have heard more times than I can count “you get what you pay for”.  Look at a few things from the verse’s above.