Persecution - fun, huh?

I have had such a fantastic weekend. Done so many great and exciting things. I am truly loving my life. Are there still difficulties? You bet. But for the most part, my life is so good. But it wasn't too long ago that I was wondering if there was ever going to be a better day. Were things ever going to turn around in my favor?
Recently the Lord has been bringing more and more women into my life who are hurting. They are experiencing the hurt, pain, rejection and sorrow that I have felt in the past few years. It is not by chance that our lives have crossed. Each one has been a divine appointment. So for those of you who just happen to check my blogs and haven't experienced the pain of seperation or divorce, please be patient while I go back down my journey and share some of my personal journal entries that I wrote during these extremely dark times. There are women out there who I will be referring to this blog, and if you know anyone who can benefit from it, please pass the info along.
For those of you who are in the middle for the fight for your life, mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and possibly physically, please know that your Father loves you, He SEES, and He is working on YOUR behalf. Don't give up. I hope these passages, although rough, raw and real, will minister to you during this difficult time.
April 6, 2007
I don't think I ever really thought about it before. Persecution. At least not in the form I now know. I always belieed persecution would rise from the hatred felt over in a communist country. And don't get me wrong, that of course, is persecution. But I never realized persecution could come in many different ways. The enemy is not set on one way only. He uses several - some of which come directly from the ones who are supposed to love us most.
We hurt each other so fiercly, not giving thought to the fact that this is indeed warfare. We oftne times attack the ones closest and dearest to us, not knowing it is killing them. It's all a result of selfishness - what "I" want. And we feel so certain and so sure that our minds and motives are pure, giving us the permission to cause suicidal murder. We kill others as we kill ourselves.
When will we learn the way of the Father? When will we follow after Christ, letting Him lead, direct and guide? We can't do it on our own. When we try, we make a mess of things - which brings us back to persecution. I would have never believed the things to shake my faith and cause me to falter, would be done to me in the name of love.