Day 10

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written:
"For your sake we are being killed all the day long, we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For i am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:35-39

Persecution is a day to day battle for people of faith, I know that it was one that was pretty quick to find me in my faith. The first person I told about re-accepting Christ into my life laughed in my face and told me to have fun with my invisible friend, and call me when I came back to reality. Naturally, this was a bit of a shocker to me, I had known this guy for quite some time and he was willing to brush me off so quickly. In fact, I have since been a bit shy about telling anyone that I've re-accepted God. I immediately started to question by decision, but realized that it was silly to because the rest of my friends have accepted my choice with warmth and support. It became clear to me quickly that people will always try to bring you down, but you have to stand tall, and be unbreakable in your faith. Something that helped me was hope, and the thought that one day the world will come to realize that there is only one God, and he is the true king.

"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all"
Hope by Emily Dickinson (just the first stanza)

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