Doesn't it break your heart when you hear about children being saved, and their parents refusing for them to even have a Bible in their house? This story about the young Jewish lady who was saved, and the parents refused her to have a Bible in the house nor speak about her faith honestly.
This young lady had to sneak out and get her Bible from a friend who keeps it for her, and in order to prevent any of her friends from 'reporting her' to her parents, she would read it in an empty dumpster for 3 hours. What a glorious example of love for God. This should be an example for all of us who are free to read but don't do it as often as we should.
It reminds me of a friend at church who told of his parents disowning him when he was saved as a teenager. He actually watched his own funeral from a distance where his parents pretended to bury him (an empty casket) because he was dead to them for becoming one of the 'few' who will see heaven. Can there be anything more ironic? He received eternal life, and they put him into the ground as if he were dead. So the dead were burying life. Those lost in darkness were burying the light.
"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven"
Matthew 5:11-12
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