Monday, February 1st
Jesus said, "…. all kinds of slanderous things against you for My sake. Be glad, yes, tremendously glad, for your reward in Heaven is magnificent. They persecuted the prophets before you in exactly the same way."
Matt. 5. (J.B.Phillips.)
2 Samuel 15:13-14,30,16:5-13 Mark 5:1-20

"Only be faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life". So is it written in the Scriptures : so has it been received from Me.

Life provides many opportunities for suffering for the sake of right and for the Father's Kingdom: they are there along the path and must never be sought. It must be that from time to time the power of love in the world meets face to face that which seeks to destroy and despoil. Frustration and hate and sheer ignorance sometimes combine to oppose and undermine and uproot. The children of light are then the targets of opprobrium, and they are sought out for attack in some way. It is necessary only to stand firm at such times, aware that the foundations are built on a rock and that the power of Love envelops and embraces. Hurt does come, but no harm. In time and throughout eternity there will be a gathering into the Everlasting Arms, where all evil is banished and joy reigns supreme.