Persecution. The bible says if we live for Christ, we WILL face it {2 Tim. 3:12}.
It's tough. It hurts. Especially coming from one who gave life to you.
But take heart, God has overcome the world {John 16:33}.
Being called a hypocrite repeatedly hurts.
Am I living my life as I should be? Do I display Christ's love? Or am I really a misleading, self seeking, love-less hypocrite?
Two days in a row I've been told {by my own dad..} that I need to practice God's love before I preach it, because I don't display it and I am {here it comes...} nothing but a hypocrite. Let me tell you. If I've ever felt any kind of hurt, it's now.
One day there will be no more persecution. One day there will be no more hurting. One day there will be no more buying into these lies fed to us. One day I'll sit at the feet of my heavenly father, completely humbled and not remember a single trial faced on this fleeting earth.
But until that day... here I am.
"I don't know why the innocent fall, while the monster still stands
And our lives blow about like flags on the land." Brooke Fraser.
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